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Love taught him shame; and shame, with love at strife,
Soon taught the sweet civilities of life.
Love taught him shame; and shame, with love at strife,
Soon taught the sweet civilities of life.
Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.
Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.
"Tut, tut, child," said the Duchess. "Everything's got a moral if
only you can find it."
"Tut, tut, child," said the Duchess. "Everything's got a moral if
only you can find it."
Not he who scorns the Saviour's yoke
Should wear his cross upon the heart.
Not he who scorns the Saviour's yoke
Should wear his cross upon the heart.
As soon as she (woman) begins to be ashamed of what she ought
not, she will not be ashamed read more
As soon as she (woman) begins to be ashamed of what she ought
not, she will not be ashamed of what she ought.
[Lat., Nae simul pudere quod non oportet coeperit; quod oportet
non pudebit.]
Rough Johnson, the great moralist.
Rough Johnson, the great moralist.
Sin hath the devil for its father, shame for its companion, and death for its wages
Sin hath the devil for its father, shame for its companion, and death for its wages
It is difficult to offend a New Yorker.
It is difficult to offend a New Yorker.
No mere man since the Fall, is able in this life perfectly to
keep the Commandments.
No mere man since the Fall, is able in this life perfectly to
keep the Commandments.
