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LOSS FROM THE LEAST

by Robert Herrick

Robert Herrick

Great men by small means oft are overthrown;
He's lord of thy life, who contemns his own.




Quotes of the Day

I would never want to be a member of a group whose symbol was a guy nailed to two pieces of wood.
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    Hidden
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    If you place a fern under a stone the next day it will be nearly invisible as if the stone has swallowed it. If you tuck the name of a loved one under your tongue too long without speaking it