<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=370859" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Sonnet - Virtues Stay Forever</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Just as how light dispels any darkness, <br>So also, knowledge drives off ignorance; <br>Revenge is captive held by forgiveness, <br>Lies are held in check by Truth's performance.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The world does one thing and says another; <br>The world says one thing and does something else; <br>You can't rely on your own dear brother; <br>To lie and to deceive, the world compels.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The paint of cheating flakes with time; <br>Mere bricks of truth get soon exposed to all; <br>Nothing distorts the beauty of a rhyme; <br>The foundation matters too, for a wall.<br> Yet, people prefer vices to virtues, <br> The rope that draws well-water ain't a noose.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Celes">John Celes</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=370859" data-title="Sonnet - Virtues Stay Forever de John Celes" data-description="Just as how light dispels any darkness, So also, knowledge drives off ignorance; Revenge is captive held by forgiveness, Lies are held in check by Truth's performance. The world does one thing and says another; The world says one thing and do..."></div> </div> </div>

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