Riches I hold in light esteem,
And love I laugh to scorn;
And lust of fame was but a dream
That vanish'd with the morn:
(The Old Stoic)
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But this world's life has much to dread,Not so, my Father, with the dead.
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Cold in the earth - and the deep snow piled above thee, Far, far, removed, cold in the dreary grave
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He said the pleasantest manner of spending a hot July day was lying from morning till evening on a bank of heath in the middle of the moors, with the bees humming dreamily about among the bloom, and the larks singing high up overhead, and the blue sky and bright sun shining steadily and cloudlessly.
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Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.
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A wild, wick slip she was - but, she had the bonniest eye and sweetest smile, and lightest foot in the parish and, after all, I believe she meant no harm for when once she made you cry in good earnest, it seldom happened that she would not keep you company, and oblige you to be quiet that you might comfort her.
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If I could I would always work in silence and obscurity, and let my efforts be known by their results.
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