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I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!
I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!
Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
Breed up a crow and he'll pick out your eyes.
Breed up a crow and he'll pick out your eyes.
Teaching brings out innate powers, and proper training braces the
intellect.
Teaching brings out innate powers, and proper training braces the
intellect.
Between the businesse of life and the day of death, a space ought
to be interposed.
Between the businesse of life and the day of death, a space ought
to be interposed.
Our liberality should not exceed our ability.
Our liberality should not exceed our ability.
If a good man thrive, all thrive with him.
If a good man thrive, all thrive with him.
Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud read more
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not, and
our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our
virtues.
