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When men grow virtuous in their old age they are merely making a
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When men grow virtuous in their old age they are merely making a
sacrifice to God of the devil's leavings.
It is human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
[Lat., Proprium humani ingenii, est odisse quem laeseris.]
It is human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
[Lat., Proprium humani ingenii, est odisse quem laeseris.]
Even when the wound is healed the scar remains.
Even when the wound is healed the scar remains.
A man's destiny is alwayes dark.
A man's destiny is alwayes dark.
Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.
Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.
And neglected his task for the flowers on the way.
And neglected his task for the flowers on the way.
The higher our position the more modestly should we behave.
The higher our position the more modestly should we behave.
Better suffer ill, then doe ill.
Better suffer ill, then doe ill.
Mariana in the moated grange.
Mariana in the moated grange.