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Desiring things widely different for their various tastes.
Desiring things widely different for their various tastes.
Fortune favours the bold.
Fortune favours the bold.
We hate the hawk because he ever lives in battle.
We hate the hawk because he ever lives in battle.
There are four kinds of people, three of which are to be avoided
and the fourth cultivated: those who read more
There are four kinds of people, three of which are to be avoided
and the fourth cultivated: those who don't know that they don't
know; those who know that they don't know; those who don't know
that they know; and those who know that they know.
What an alteration of honour has
Desperate want made!
What an alteration of honour has
Desperate want made!
Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger.
Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger.
The anger of those in authority is always weighty.
The anger of those in authority is always weighty.
The fellow is either a madman or a poet.
The fellow is either a madman or a poet.
Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turn'd,
Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.
Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turn'd,
Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.
