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Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
The first degree of folly is to hold ones selfe wise, the second
to professe it, the third to read more
The first degree of folly is to hold ones selfe wise, the second
to professe it, the third to despise counsell.
He told me once
The saddest thing that can befall the soul,
Is when it loses faith read more
He told me once
The saddest thing that can befall the soul,
Is when it loses faith in God and woman,
For he had lost them both. Lost I those gems,
Though the world's throne stood open in my path,
I would go wandering back into my childhood,
Searching for them with tears.
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera read more
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera panem ostentat.]
One who sets off to the best advantage his every act and speech.
One who sets off to the best advantage his every act and speech.
It costs more to doe ill then to doe well.
It costs more to doe ill then to doe well.
Everyone is a master and servant.
Everyone is a master and servant.
Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.
Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.
