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You'll be richer in the end than a prince, if you're a friend.

Edgar Guest

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Edgar Guest
Age: 77 †
Born: 1881
Born: August 20
Died: 1959
Died: August 5
Poet
Birmingham
West Midlands
Eddie Guest
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Prince
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Friend
Funny
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Richer

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Somebody said that it couldn't be done But he with a chuckle replied That maybe it couldn't, but he would be one Who wouldn't say so till he tried. So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin On his face. If he worried he hid it. He started to sing as he tackled the thing That couldn't be done, and he did it.
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You are the person who has to decide. Whether you'll do it or toss it aside.
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Somebody scoffed, Oh, you'll never to that - At least no one ever has done it But he took off his coat and he took off his hat, And the first thing we knew, he'd begun it.
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It takes a heap o' livin' in a house t' make it home
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No one is beat till he quits, no one is through till he stops. No matter how hard failure hits, no matter how often he drops, a fellow's not down till he lies in the dust and refuses to rise.
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Away from the tumult of motor and mill I want to be care-free I want to be still! I'm weary of doing things weary of words I want to be one with the blossoms and birds.
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Love has the patience to endure the fault it sees but cannot cure.
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Lord, this humble house we'd keep Sweet with play and calm with sleep. Help us so that we may give Beauty to the lives we live. Let Thy love and let Thy grace Shine upon our dwelling place.
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Every thought and every act were to keep this home in tact.
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For to see good put in action is what everybody needs.
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Columbus dreamed of an unknown shore at the rim of a far flung sky.
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He started to sing as he tackled the thing. That couldn't be done, and he did it.
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But here in the struggle for fame and pelf I want to be able to like myself. I don't want to look at myself and know That I'm bluster and buff and empty show.
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I'll obey them in the winter when the doctors say to me I must give up ham and spinach, and obedient I'll be. To relieve my indigestion in December they can try, But there's none of them can stop me when it's time for cherry pie.
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Stick to the fight whenyoure hardest hit
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Let me be a little kinder, Let me be a little blinder to the faults of those around me.
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Fine counsel is confusing, but example is always clear
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The things are mighty few on earth that wishes can attain. Whate'er we want of any worth, we've got to work to gain.
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There's no diet list I'll follow that would rule out cherry pie.
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The best of all the preachers are the men who live their creeds.
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