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As many men as there are existing, so many are their different
pursuits.
As many men as there are existing, so many are their different
pursuits.
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.
There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.
But man, proud man,
Drest in a little brief authority,--
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
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But man, proud man,
Drest in a little brief authority,--
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
As make the angels weep.
Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.
Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.
Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
To learn from other men's mistakes to prevent your own.
To learn from other men's mistakes to prevent your own.
There is no law more just, than that he, who plots death, should
perish by his own craft.
There is no law more just, than that he, who plots death, should
perish by his own craft.