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Beate the dog before the Lyon.
Beate the dog before the Lyon.
What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.
What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle
produce more milk than our own.
Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle
produce more milk than our own.
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
Time rolls on, and we grow old with silent years.
Time rolls on, and we grow old with silent years.
He who gets the better of an irascible temperament conquers his
worst enemy.
He who gets the better of an irascible temperament conquers his
worst enemy.
Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win,
By fearing to read more
Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win,
By fearing to attempt.
