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How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!
How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!
A coole mouth, and warme feet, live long.
[A cool mouth, and warm feet, live long.]
A coole mouth, and warme feet, live long.
[A cool mouth, and warm feet, live long.]
Modesty antedates clothes and will be resumed when clothes are no
more.
Modesty died when clothes were born.
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Modesty antedates clothes and will be resumed when clothes are no
more.
Modesty died when clothes were born.
Modesty died when false modesty was born.
When one remains modest, not after praise but after blame, then
is he really so.
[Ger., Wenn jemand read more
When one remains modest, not after praise but after blame, then
is he really so.
[Ger., Wenn jemand bescheiden bleibt, nicht beim Lobe, sondern
beim Tadel, dann ist er's.]
Bliss itself is not worth having,
If we're by compulsion blest.
Bliss itself is not worth having,
If we're by compulsion blest.
Hope is a waking dream.
Hope is a waking dream.
That which sufficeth is not little.
That which sufficeth is not little.
Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.
Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.
The whole family is packed into one trap.
The whole family is packed into one trap.
