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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
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 is never a lawsuit but a woman is at the bottom of it.
There is never a lawsuit but a woman is at the bottom of it.
He who surpasses or subdues mankind,
Must look down on the hate of those below.
He who surpasses or subdues mankind,
Must look down on the hate of those below.
Hell is full of good intentions.
[Sp., El infierno es lleno de buenas intenciones.]
Hell is full of good intentions.
[Sp., El infierno es lleno de buenas intenciones.]
The world is now adayes, God save the Conquerour.
The world is now adayes, God save the Conquerour.
Faire words makes mee looke to my purse.
Faire words makes mee looke to my purse.
That is gold which is worth gold.
That is gold which is worth gold.