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Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the
unfortunate.
Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the
unfortunate.
A mind conscious of its own rectitude.
[Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]
A mind conscious of its own rectitude.
[Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]
It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
He that pitties another, remembers himselfe.
He that pitties another, remembers himselfe.
Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.
Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.
Valour that parlies is neare yeelding.
Valour that parlies is neare yeelding.
Drink boys, drink boys,
Drive away your sorrow!
Drink boys, drink boys,
Drive away your sorrow!
A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind.
A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind.
Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.
Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.
