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An uncalled-for defence becomes a positive accusation.
An uncalled-for defence becomes a positive accusation.
Well does he sleep who knows not that his sleep has been broken.
Well does he sleep who knows not that his sleep has been broken.
Ill natures, the more you aske them, the more they stick.
Ill natures, the more you aske them, the more they stick.
The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in
horses is to be found the read more
The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in
horses is to be found the excellence of their sire; nor do savage
eagles produce a peaceful dove.
[Lat., Fortes creantur fortibus et bonis;
Est in juvenis, est in equibus patrum
Virtus; nee imbellem feroces
Progenerant aquilae columbam.]
We are born poets. we become orators.
We are born poets. we become orators.
Bliss itself is not worth having,
If we're by compulsion blest.
Bliss itself is not worth having,
If we're by compulsion blest.
Make three bites of a cherry.
Make three bites of a cherry.
Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
