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Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
He touches nothing but he adds a charm.
He touches nothing but he adds a charm.
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
[Lat., Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insania.]
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
[Lat., Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insania.]
My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.
My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.
He stands the shadow of a mighty name.
[Lat., Stat magni nominis umbra.]
He stands the shadow of a mighty name.
[Lat., Stat magni nominis umbra.]
Make all fair allowance for the mistakes of youth.
Make all fair allowance for the mistakes of youth.
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he read more
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.
He that is afraid of leaves, goes not to the wood.
He that is afraid of leaves, goes not to the wood.
My sun has not yet set for ever.
My sun has not yet set for ever.
