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But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a read more
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a harder task to prove--
By firm resolve to conquer love!
Concealed sorrow bursts the heart, and rages within us as an
internal fire.
Concealed sorrow bursts the heart, and rages within us as an
internal fire.
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
Revenge is sweeter than life itself.
Revenge is sweeter than life itself.
No one delights more in revenge than a woman.
No one delights more in revenge than a woman.
Let every man find pleasure in practising the profession he has
learnt.
Let every man find pleasure in practising the profession he has
learnt.
And quick his colour went and came,
As fear and rage alternate rose.
And quick his colour went and came,
As fear and rage alternate rose.
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.
The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.
I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of
Arabia.
I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of
Arabia.
