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Unless your works lead to profit, vain is your glory in them.
Unless your works lead to profit, vain is your glory in them.
But in the glances of his eye
A penetrating keen and sly
Expression found its home.
But in the glances of his eye
A penetrating keen and sly
Expression found its home.
So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.
So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.
He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself.
He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself.
Religious questions have often led to wicked and impious actions.
Religious questions have often led to wicked and impious actions.
There were no ill language, if it were not ill taken.
There were no ill language, if it were not ill taken.
Beware the fury of a patient man.
Beware the fury of a patient man.
In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will
reap the advantage of it.
In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will
reap the advantage of it.
