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He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
He is twice a conqueror, who can restrain himself in the hour of
triumph.
He is twice a conqueror, who can restrain himself in the hour of
triumph.
What the law will compel you to do, do of your own free will.
What the law will compel you to do, do of your own free will.
Thou will scare be a man before thy mother.
Thou will scare be a man before thy mother.
Life like an empty dream flits by.
Life like an empty dream flits by.
You began better than you have finished; the last act is not
equal to the first.
You began better than you have finished; the last act is not
equal to the first.
Men who ape the saint and play the sinner.
Men who ape the saint and play the sinner.
Good habits result from resisting temptation.
Good habits result from resisting temptation.
Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud.
Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud.
