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Pleasure bought with pain does harm.
Pleasure bought with pain does harm.
Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the
Dead (i.e. books).
He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the
Dead (i.e. books).
In every Art it is good to have a master.
In every Art it is good to have a master.
Everyone is a master and servant.
Everyone is a master and servant.
Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
A Daniel still say I, a second Daniel!
I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.
A Daniel still say I, a second Daniel!
I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.
