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It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.
It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.
The world itself is too small for the covetous.
The world itself is too small for the covetous.
All things require skill, but an appetite.
All things require skill, but an appetite.
Happy, twice happy, you who dwell in the country, if you only
knew the pleasures which surround you!
Happy, twice happy, you who dwell in the country, if you only
knew the pleasures which surround you!
Who hath no hast in his businesse, mountaines to him seeme
valleys.
Who hath no hast in his businesse, mountaines to him seeme
valleys.
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
They kindly leave us, but not quite alone,
But in good company, the gout or stone.
They kindly leave us, but not quite alone,
But in good company, the gout or stone.
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
