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Such fire was not by water to be drown'd,
Nor he his nature changed by changing ground.
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Such fire was not by water to be drown'd,
Nor he his nature changed by changing ground.
[Lat., Ne spegner puo per star nell'acqua il foco;
Ne puo stato mutar per mutar loco.]
Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is read more
Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer.
Whose foot is on the treadle/That turns the burning stars/Has spun the world half way round/Since last I called/Come down, read more
Whose foot is on the treadle/That turns the burning stars/Has spun the world half way round/Since last I called/Come down, come down.
That stars that in September/Looked through the mournful rain/Now set their sight again/Upon a world half night, half light
Men of distant years have said/That much depends on change of seasons/On solstices and equinox/And they have given reasons.
I disagree./Too much turns on inadvertence/On what seems to be/An accident of hand and knee/A chance sunrise/A glance of eyes.
The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live.
The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live.
Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.
Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.
It is never too late to become what you might have been. -George Eliot.
It is never too late to become what you might have been. -George Eliot.
If you're old, don't try to change yourself, change your environment.
If you're old, don't try to change yourself, change your environment.
Many have changed so much that they have lost the magic of the dream that carried them on their own read more
Many have changed so much that they have lost the magic of the dream that carried them on their own bootstraps.
