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When pain and anguish wring the brow
A ministering angel thou !
Scott.
A ministering angel thou !
Scott.
A " knowledge of the world" is another name for imputing the worst motives to the actions of others and of expecting the worst construction to be put Or aur own. This teaches us to live with our best friends, as, if at a future period they would become our greatest enemies. Men who possess too much generosity of soul either to deceive or to expect deceit, are objects of ridicule, in the eyes of those of less openness of character, because they do not act as if they were surrounded by rogues and hypocrites, when in the pleasures of conversation they happen to expose themselves to censure and animadversion.
But who can view the ripened rose nor seek
To wear it ? who can curiously behold
The smoothness and the sheen of beauty's cheek
Nor feel the heart can never all grow old 1
Who can contemplate Fame though clouds unfold
The star which rises o'er her steep, nor climb ?
Byron.
To wear it ? who can curiously behold
The smoothness and the sheen of beauty's cheek
Nor feel the heart can never all grow old 1
Who can contemplate Fame though clouds unfold
The star which rises o'er her steep, nor climb ?
Byron.
——— Disgust concealed
Is oft-times proof of wisdom, when the fault
Is obstinate, and cure beyond our reach.
Cowper.
Is oft-times proof of wisdom, when the fault
Is obstinate, and cure beyond our reach.
Cowper.
