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Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.
Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.
Preferment goes by letter and affection.
Preferment goes by letter and affection.
Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than
those who turn beggars.
Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than
those who turn beggars.
He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in
seeking succour meets with ruin.
He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in
seeking succour meets with ruin.
When the heart is sick it cannot bear the slightest annoyance.
When the heart is sick it cannot bear the slightest annoyance.
Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And out hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled read more
Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And out hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled drums, are beating
Funeral marches to the grave.
The more highminded a man is the more easily is his anger
appeased.
The more highminded a man is the more easily is his anger
appeased.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
