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There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your read more
There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.
A man of refined taste and judgment.
A man of refined taste and judgment.
He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
All feete tread not in one shoe.
All feete tread not in one shoe.
Hee commands enough that obeyes a wise man.
Hee commands enough that obeyes a wise man.
Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]
No deceit is so veiled as that which lies concealed behind the
semblance of courtesy.
No deceit is so veiled as that which lies concealed behind the
semblance of courtesy.
The end crowns all,
And that old common arbitrator, Time,
Will one day end it.
The end crowns all,
And that old common arbitrator, Time,
Will one day end it.
Every ill man hath his ill day.
Every ill man hath his ill day.
