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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
He has carried every point, who has combined that which is useful
with that which is agreeable.
He has carried every point, who has combined that which is useful
with that which is agreeable.
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.]
His essences turn the live air sick.
His essences turn the live air sick.
An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.
An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband.
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband.
Of him that speakes ill, consider the life more then the word.
Of him that speakes ill, consider the life more then the word.
None knowes the weight of anothers burthen.
None knowes the weight of anothers burthen.
It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided.
It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided.
