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So closely our whims on our miseries tread,
That the laugh is awak'd ere the tear can be dried.
So closely our whims on our miseries tread,
That the laugh is awak'd ere the tear can be dried.
Small endeavours obtain strength by unity of action: the most
powerful are broken down by discord.
Small endeavours obtain strength by unity of action: the most
powerful are broken down by discord.
He who profits by a crime, commits it.
He who profits by a crime, commits it.
Confidence cannot find a place wherein to rest in safety.
Confidence cannot find a place wherein to rest in safety.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
And some condemned for a fault alone.
Better is one Accipe, then twice to say, Dabo tibi.
Better is one Accipe, then twice to say, Dabo tibi.
Give thy thoughts no tongue.
Give thy thoughts no tongue.
We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.
We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.
No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
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No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
And flow as now it flows.
