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I take it that what all men are really after is some form of, perhaps only some formula of, peace.
I take it that what all men are really after is some form of, perhaps only some formula of, peace.
Life is halfe spent before we know what it is.
Life is halfe spent before we know what it is.
Timid dogs more eagerly bark than bite.
Timid dogs more eagerly bark than bite.
He shall find the rugged thistle bursting
Into glossy purples, that outredden
All voluptuous garden roses.
He shall find the rugged thistle bursting
Into glossy purples, that outredden
All voluptuous garden roses.
He that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
He that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.
I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.
A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.
A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.
A master of straw eates a servant of steele.
A master of straw eates a servant of steele.
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
