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That least pleases us which is most urged on us.
That least pleases us which is most urged on us.
To wish to be cured is half way towards cure.
To wish to be cured is half way towards cure.
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to
their fellow creatures.
In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to
their fellow creatures.
He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
O I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part, sir,
of myself, and what remains is read more
O I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part, sir,
of myself, and what remains is bestial.
Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.
Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.
Good habits result from resisting temptation.
Good habits result from resisting temptation.
He that dies without the company of good men puts not himselfe
into a good way.
He that dies without the company of good men puts not himselfe
into a good way.
