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We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.
We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.
When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
When you are at Rome, live as Romans live.
When you are at Rome, live as Romans live.
Who like sour fruit to stir their veins' salt tides.
Who like sour fruit to stir their veins' salt tides.
The death of a young wolfe doth never come too soon.
The death of a young wolfe doth never come too soon.
Wine that cost nothing is digested before it be drunke.
Wine that cost nothing is digested before it be drunke.
The constancy of the benefit of the yeere in their seasons argues
a Deity.
The constancy of the benefit of the yeere in their seasons argues
a Deity.
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
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Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike;
Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,
A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend.
It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.
It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.
