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We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and
heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those read more
We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and
heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those which are afar
off.
'Tis strange, but true: for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction.
'Tis strange, but true: for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction.
He would stroke
The head of modest and ingenuous youth,
That blushed at its own praise.
He would stroke
The head of modest and ingenuous youth,
That blushed at its own praise.
Sweet is the recollection of difficulties overcome.
Sweet is the recollection of difficulties overcome.
Shewa good man his errour and he turnes it to a vertue, but an
ill, it doubles his fault.
Shewa good man his errour and he turnes it to a vertue, but an
ill, it doubles his fault.
E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side.
E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side.
The bit that one eates, no friend makes.
The bit that one eates, no friend makes.
What he has is of no more use to the miser than that which he has
not.
What he has is of no more use to the miser than that which he has
not.
