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Let all live as they would die.
Let all live as they would die.
The very rats
Instinctively had quit it.
The very rats
Instinctively had quit it.
He who gives himself airs of importance, exhibits the credentials
of impotence.
He who gives himself airs of importance, exhibits the credentials
of impotence.
A kindness spontaneously offered to him who needs it, is doubly
gratifying.
A kindness spontaneously offered to him who needs it, is doubly
gratifying.
Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from
betraying guilt!
[Heu! quam difficile est crimen non read more
Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from
betraying guilt!
[Heu! quam difficile est crimen non prodere vultu.]
The vulgar follow Fortune's glances.
The vulgar follow Fortune's glances.
Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.
Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.
Mystery magnifies danger, as the fog does the sun.
Mystery magnifies danger, as the fog does the sun.
All that's bright must fade,--
The brightest still the fleetest;
All that's sweet was made
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All that's bright must fade,--
The brightest still the fleetest;
All that's sweet was made
But to be lost when sweetest.
