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In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not
discretion.
In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not
discretion.
Give thy thoughts no tongue.
Give thy thoughts no tongue.
A greater liar than the Parthians.
A greater liar than the Parthians.
That which we are not permitted to have we delight in; that which
we can have is disregarded.
That which we are not permitted to have we delight in; that which
we can have is disregarded.
He deliberately thrusts his silly head into the matrimonial
halter.
He deliberately thrusts his silly head into the matrimonial
halter.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.
Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.
If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue.
Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue.