How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!
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How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!
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Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up the o-er wrought heart and bids it break.
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I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.
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Though she be but little, she is fierce!
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How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
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Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
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What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty!
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Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
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What is right and what is practicable are two different things.
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That's all a man can hope for during his lifetime - to set an example - and when he is dead, to be an inspiration for history.
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