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What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.
God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.
Punishment is lame, but it comes.
Punishment is lame, but it comes.
The arrow will not always find the mark intended.
The arrow will not always find the mark intended.
Falsehood is often rocked by truth, but she soon outgrows her
cradle, and discards her nurse.
Falsehood is often rocked by truth, but she soon outgrows her
cradle, and discards her nurse.
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth
knowledge increaseth sorrow.
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth
knowledge increaseth sorrow.
Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.
Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.
To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.
To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.
He told me once
The saddest thing that can befall the soul,
Is when it loses faith read more
He told me once
The saddest thing that can befall the soul,
Is when it loses faith in God and woman,
For he had lost them both. Lost I those gems,
Though the world's throne stood open in my path,
I would go wandering back into my childhood,
Searching for them with tears.
