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He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win,
By fearing to read more
Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win,
By fearing to attempt.
May you never forget what is worth remembering, nor ever remember what is best forgotten
May you never forget what is worth remembering, nor ever remember what is best forgotten
She has deceived her father, and may thee.
She has deceived her father, and may thee.
The thread breakes, where it is weakest.
The thread breakes, where it is weakest.
Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
Never had ill workeman good tooles.
Never had ill workeman good tooles.
War should neither be feared nor provoked.
War should neither be feared nor provoked.
