One brave deed makes no hero.
One brave deed makes no hero.
It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet entirely what is done.
No cloud above, no earth below, A universe of sky and snow.
Method goes far to prevent trouble in business for it makes the task easy, hinders confusion, saves abundance of time, and instructs those that have business depending, both what to do and what to hope.
And step by step, since time began, I see the steady gain of man.
Unknown to her the rigid rule, The dull restraint, the chiding frown The weary torture of the school, The taming of wild nature down.
The age is dull and mean. Men creep, Not walk with blood too pale and tame To pay the debt they owe to shame Buy cheap, sell dear eat. drink, and sleep down-pillowed, deaf to moaning want Pay tithes for soul-insurance keep Six days to Mammon, one to Cant.
Give lettered pomp to teeth of Time, So 'Bonnie Doon' but tarry Blot out the epic's stately rhyme, But spare his 'Highland Mary'
God is good and God is light In this faith I rest secure, Evil can but serve the right, Over all shall love endure.
Give fools their gold, and knaves their power; let fortune's bubbles rise and fall; who sows a field, or trains a flower, or plants a tree, is more than all.
© 2020 Inspirational Stories
© 2020 Inspirational Stories