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Genius does what it must, and Talent does what it can.
Chronicles and Characters (1868)
O be very sure
That no man will learn anything at all,
Unless he first will learn humility.
Chronicles and Characters (1868)
That man is great, and he alone,
Who serves a greatness not his own.
Chronicles and Characters (1868)
Who knows nothing base
Fears nothing known.
Chronicles and Characters (1868)
Who seeks for aid
Must show how service sought can be repaid.
Chronicles and Characters (1868)
I loved you ere I knew you: know you now,
And, having known you, love you better still.
Chronicles and Characters (1868)
Life is good; but not life in itself.
Chronicles and Characters (1868)
Unseen hands delay
The coming of what seems close in ken,
And, contrary, the moment when we say
"'Twill never come!" comes on us even then.
Chronicles and Characters (1868)
But, however we pass Time, he passes still,
Passing away whatever the pastime,
And, whether we use him well or ill,
Some day he gives us the slip for the last time.
Chronicles and Characters (1868)