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You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
A little with quiet is the onely dyet.
A little with quiet is the onely dyet.
At night, to his own sharp fancies a prey,
He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way,
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At night, to his own sharp fancies a prey,
He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way,
Tormenting himself with his prickles.
Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
Idle men are the devil's playfellows.
Idle men are the devil's playfellows.
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
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Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land!
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd,
As home his footsteps he hath turn'd,
From wandering on a foreign strand!
What! upon compulsion? No!
What! upon compulsion? No!
