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Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
Troy owes to Homer what whist owes to Hoyle.
Troy owes to Homer what whist owes to Hoyle.
Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).
Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
A master of straw eates a servant of steele.
A master of straw eates a servant of steele.
Good service is a great inchantment.
Good service is a great inchantment.
Falsehoods border on truths.
Falsehoods border on truths.
With bated breath we offer wicked vows.
With bated breath we offer wicked vows.
The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]
The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]
