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Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.
Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.
I make a declaration every spring,
Of reformation ere the year run out,
But somehow this my read more
I make a declaration every spring,
Of reformation ere the year run out,
But somehow this my vestal vary takes wing.
An undying hatred, and a wound never to be healed.
An undying hatred, and a wound never to be healed.
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.
It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.
He that hath hornes in his bosom, let him not put them on his
head.
He that hath hornes in his bosom, let him not put them on his
head.
Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy read more
Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy took its wing;
I sat, but neither heard nor saw.
He that hath lands hath quarrells.
He that hath lands hath quarrells.