“Poets may boast (as safely-vain) Their work shall with the world remain: Both bound together, live, or die, The verses and the prophecy. But who can hope his lines shou'd long Last, in a daily changing tongue? While they are new, envy prevails, And as that dies, our language fails.” WorldMayLongTogetherLastsDiesLanguageLinesFailingPoetBoundsTongueEnvyVainVersesProphecyBoast Author:Edmund Waller
“A modest person seldom fails to gain the goodwill of those he converses with, because nobody envies a man who does not appear to be pleased with himself.” MenPersonsDoeFailingGainsEnvyModestyModestGoodwillConverses Book:The Guardian: With a Biographical, Historical, and Critical Preface by the Rev. Rob. Lynam Source: The Guardian: With a Biographical, Historical, and Critical Preface by the Rev. Rob. Lynam