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Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.
Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
There is no evil without its compensation.
There is no evil without its compensation.
It is hard to abstain from writing satire.
It is hard to abstain from writing satire.
Modesty should accompany youth.
Modesty should accompany youth.
If it can't be expressed in figures, it is not science; it is opinion
If it can't be expressed in figures, it is not science; it is opinion
Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover.
Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover.
Out of breath to no possible purpose; in attempting everything,
doing nothing.
Out of breath to no possible purpose; in attempting everything,
doing nothing.
Poverty is the mother of health.
Poverty is the mother of health.
