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We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes
us.
We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes
us.
Get money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money.
Get money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money.
Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.
Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.
Your knowing a thing is nothing, unless another knows you know
it.
Your knowing a thing is nothing, unless another knows you know
it.
One murder made a villain,
Millions a hero.
One murder made a villain,
Millions a hero.
It is but a poor establishment where there are not many
superfluous things which the owner knows not of, read more
It is but a poor establishment where there are not many
superfluous things which the owner knows not of, and which go to
the thieves.
We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow read more
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.
A tigress, robb'd of young, a lioness,
Or other interesting beast of prey,
Are similes at hand read more
A tigress, robb'd of young, a lioness,
Or other interesting beast of prey,
Are similes at hand for the distress
Of ladies who cannot have their own way.
