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A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.
Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.
All our pompe the earth covers.
All our pompe the earth covers.
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, read more
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, exclaims, "Thou wast my
only one!"
Good habits result from resisting temptation.
Good habits result from resisting temptation.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
The body is more drest then the soule.
The body is more drest then the soule.
The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
All is not gold that glisters.
All is not gold that glisters.
