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Even when the wound is healed the scar remains.
Even when the wound is healed the scar remains.
The doctors gave her over--to an ass.
The doctors gave her over--to an ass.
Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale,
Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man,
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Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale,
Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man,
And bitter shame hath spoiled the sweet world's taste,
That it yields nought but shame and bitterness.
Who is there that, shooting all day long, does not sometimes hit
the mark?
Who is there that, shooting all day long, does not sometimes hit
the mark?
From the midst of the very fountain of pleasure, something of
bitterness arises to vex us in the flower read more
From the midst of the very fountain of pleasure, something of
bitterness arises to vex us in the flower of enjoyment.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
