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You may break, you may shatter the vase, as you will,
But the scent of the roses will hang read more
You may break, you may shatter the vase, as you will,
But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.
Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.
That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.
The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.
We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.
We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.
It is, I believe, better to restrain the passions of youth by a
sense of shame, and by conciliatory read more
It is, I believe, better to restrain the passions of youth by a
sense of shame, and by conciliatory means, than by fear.
He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.
He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.
Hee stands not surely, that never slips.
Hee stands not surely, that never slips.
