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Where there is no honour, there is no griefe.
Where there is no honour, there is no griefe.
Happie is hee that chastens himselfe.
Happie is hee that chastens himselfe.
Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but enjoyed.
Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but enjoyed.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
In spending lies the advantage.
In spending lies the advantage.
Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts.
[Fr., La parole a ete donnce a l'homme pour deguiser read more
Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts.
[Fr., La parole a ete donnce a l'homme pour deguiser sa pensee.]
Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
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Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
Of guiltless joy that guilt can know.
Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.
Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.
