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For over-warmth, if false, is worse than truth.
For over-warmth, if false, is worse than truth.
Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.
Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.
The world itself is too small for the covetous.
The world itself is too small for the covetous.
Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the
mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like read more
Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the
mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like bats, about
your fretted roofs.
He will be beloved when he is no more.
He will be beloved when he is no more.
Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.
Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.
