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To a great night, a great Lanthorne.
To a great night, a great Lanthorne.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
No greater grief than to remember days
Of joy when misery is at hand.
No greater grief than to remember days
Of joy when misery is at hand.
The sight of a man hath the force of a Lyon.
The sight of a man hath the force of a Lyon.
To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
The conviction of having committed a fault is its first and
greatest punishment.
The conviction of having committed a fault is its first and
greatest punishment.
Honourable mention encourages science, and merit is fostered by
praise.
Honourable mention encourages science, and merit is fostered by
praise.
What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.
What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.
