Oh vanity of man's unstable mind, Puffed up with every blast of friendly wind! - Edward Fairfax

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The fear of ill exceeds the evil we fear.

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Cupid's deep rivers have their shallow fords,
His griefs, bring joys; his losses, recompenses;
He breeds the sore, and cures us of the pain:
Achilles' lance that wounds and heals again.

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Nor love consents that beauty's field lie waste.

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