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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?
Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.
Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.
The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
Ay, sir, and wherefore; for they say every why hath a wherefore.
Ay, sir, and wherefore; for they say every why hath a wherefore.
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a read more
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a harder task to prove--
By firm resolve to conquer love!
Ill vessels seldome miscarry.
Ill vessels seldome miscarry.
But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!
But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
