'These had stopped seekingBut went on speaking,Have not contributedBut have diluted.These ordered lightBut had no right,These handed onWar and a son.Wishing no harmBut to be warm,These fell asleep.On the burning heap.
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Private facesIn public placesAre wiser and nicerThan public facesIn private places.* * *I'm beginning to lose patienceWith my personal relations:They are not deep,And they are not cheap.* * *Thoughts of his own death,like the distant rollof thunder at a picnic.* * *Bound to ourselves for life,we must learn how toput up with each other.* * *Fate succumbsmany species: one alonejeopardises itself.* * *The palm extended in welcome:Look! for youI have unclenched my fist.* * *Animal femurs,ascribed to saints who neverexisted, are stillmore holy than portraitsof conquerors who,unfortunately, did.* * *Pulling on his socks,he recall that his gran-pawent pop in the act.* * *Man must either fall in lovewith Someone or Something,or else fall ill.* * *Nothing can be loved too much,but all things can be lovedin the wrong way.* * *I'm for freedom because I mistrust the Censor in office,But if I held the job, my! how severe I should be!* * *When he is wellShe gives him hell;But she's a brickWhen he is sick.<p>They wondered why the fruit had been forbidden…</p>They wondered why the fruit had been forbidden:It taught them nothing new. They hid their pride,But did not listen much when they were chidden:They knew exactly what to do outside.They left. Immediately the memory fadedOf all they known: they could not understandThe dogs now who before had always aided;The stream was dumb with whom they'd always planned.They wept and quarrelled: freedom was so wild.In front maturity as he ascendedRetired like a horizon from the child,The dangers and the punishments grew greater,And the way back by angels was defendedAgainst the poet and the legislator.<p>At last the secret is out…</p>
