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'Tis not the fight that crowns us, but the end.
'Tis not the fight that crowns us, but the end.
An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]
An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
He who has enough for his wants should desire nothing more.
He who has enough for his wants should desire nothing more.
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
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Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike;
Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,
A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend.
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be read more
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be holp by backward turning;
One desperate grief cures with another's languish.
To speake of an Vsurer at the table marres the wine.
To speake of an Vsurer at the table marres the wine.
To review ones store is to mow twice.
To review ones store is to mow twice.
