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In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.
In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
To a brave man every soil is his country.
To a brave man every soil is his country.
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
Avoid delays: procrastination always does harm.
Avoid delays: procrastination always does harm.
Imperceptibly the hours glide on, and beguile us as they pass.
Imperceptibly the hours glide on, and beguile us as they pass.
Every tub must stand upon its bottom.
Every tub must stand upon its bottom.