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UGLINESS, n. A gift of the gods to certain women, entailing virtue without humility.
UGLINESS, n. A gift of the gods to certain women, entailing virtue without humility.
Political language. . . is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of read more
Political language. . . is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved.
Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved.
Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous
judgment.
Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous
judgment.
People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.
People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.
Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins.
Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins.
The dream is short, repentance long.
[Ger., Der Wahn ist kurtz, die Reu ist lang.]
The dream is short, repentance long.
[Ger., Der Wahn ist kurtz, die Reu ist lang.]
The sinning is the best part of repentance
The sinning is the best part of repentance
I do not buy repentance at so heavy a cost as a thousand
drachmae.
I do not buy repentance at so heavy a cost as a thousand
drachmae.