<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=418820" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Rule Of Life Expanded</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">IF thou wouldst live unruffled by care,<br>Let not the past torment thee e'er;<br>If any loss thou hast to rue,<br>Act as though thou wert born anew;<br>Inquire the meaning of each day,<br>What each day means itself will say;<br>In thine own actions take thy pleasure,<br>What others do, thou'lt duly treasure;<br>Ne'er let thy breast with hate be supplied,<br>And to God the future confide.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">-----</div><div style="margin:10px 0">IF wealth is gone--then something is gone!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Quick, make up thy mind,</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And fresh wealth find.<br>If honour is gone--then much is gone!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Seek glory to find,</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And people then will alter their mind.<br>If courage is gone--then all is gone!<br>'Twere better that thou hadst never been born.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">-----</div><div style="margin:10px 0">HE who with life makes sport,</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Can prosper never;<br>Who rules himself in nought,</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Is a slave ever.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">MAY each honest effort be</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Crown'd with lasting constancy.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">-----</div><div style="margin:10px 0">EACH road to the proper end<br>Runs straight on, without a bend.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Johann+Wolfgang+von+Goethe">Johann Wolfgang von Goethe</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=418820" data-title="The Rule Of Life Expanded de Johann Wolfgang von Goethe" data-description="IF thou wouldst live unruffled by care, Let not the past torment thee e'er; If any loss thou hast to rue, Act as though thou wert born anew; Inquire the meaning of each day, What each day means itself will say; In thine own actions take thy pleasu..."></div> </div> </div>

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