Tuesday, February 01, 2022

Two Things

Life is mostly froth and bubble;
   Two things stand like stone,
Kindness in another's trouble,
   Courage in your own.

   -- Adam Lindsay Gordon (1833 - 1870), Australian poet, jockey, and politician, "Finis Exoptatus (A metaphysical Song)" (24 November 1866)

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