It's wiser being good than bad;
It's safer being meek than fierce:
It's fitter being sane than mad.
My own hope is, a sun will pierce
The thickest cloud earth ever stretched;
That, after Last, returns the First,
Though a wide compass round be fetched;
That what began best, can't end worst,
Nor what God blessed once, prove accurst.
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Too great refinement is false delicacy, and true delicacy is
solid refinement.
Too great refinement is false delicacy, and true delicacy is
solid refinement.
Comparisons are odious.
Comparisons are odious.
They say comparisons are odious. I say: compared to what?
They say comparisons are odious. I say: compared to what?
It has all the contortions of the sibyl without the inspiration.
It has all the contortions of the sibyl without the inspiration.
Not worthy to carry the buckler unto him.
Not worthy to carry the buckler unto him.
And but two ways are offered to our will,
Toil with rare triumph, ease with safe disgrace,
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And but two ways are offered to our will,
Toil with rare triumph, ease with safe disgrace,
The problem still for us and all of human race.
Defining night by darkness, death by dust.
Defining night by darkness, death by dust.
The bee and the serpent often sip from the selfsame flower.
[It., L'ape e la serpe spesso
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The bee and the serpent often sip from the selfsame flower.
[It., L'ape e la serpe spesso
Suggon l'istesso umore.]
