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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.
But we are all men
In our own natures frail.
But we are all men
In our own natures frail.
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be read more
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be believed,
The other never read.
We should all endure our own grievances rather than detract from
the comforts of others.
We should all endure our own grievances rather than detract from
the comforts of others.
Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
The first blow is as much as two.
The first blow is as much as two.
Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
He that passeth a winters day escapes an enemy.
He that passeth a winters day escapes an enemy.
