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Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
By looking at squinting people you learn to squint.
By looking at squinting people you learn to squint.
Sceptre and crown must tumble down
And in the dust be equal made
With the poor crooked read more
Sceptre and crown must tumble down
And in the dust be equal made
With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
He that can make a fire well, can end a quarrell.
He that can make a fire well, can end a quarrell.
Seeming genial, venial fault.
Seeming genial, venial fault.
He who is first in time has the prior right.
He who is first in time has the prior right.
Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe
councils.
[Lat., Potentiam cautis quam acribus consiliis tutius read more
Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe
councils.
[Lat., Potentiam cautis quam acribus consiliis tutius haberi.]
A healer of others, himself diseased.
A healer of others, himself diseased.
A house and a woman sute excellently.
A house and a woman sute excellently.
