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Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as
possible.
Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as
possible.
The fault is as great as hee that is faulty.
The fault is as great as hee that is faulty.
Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.
We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
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We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow degrees, by more and more,
The cloudy summits of our time.
So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
Hastiness is the beginning of wrath, and its end repentance.
Hastiness is the beginning of wrath, and its end repentance.
Men at some times are masters of their fates.
Men at some times are masters of their fates.
Take all the swift advantage of the hours.
Take all the swift advantage of the hours.