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Favours out of place I regard as positive injuries.
Favours out of place I regard as positive injuries.
He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
It is proper that every man should measure himself by his own
proportion and standard.
It is proper that every man should measure himself by his own
proportion and standard.
He that hath a mouth of his owne, must not say to another; Blow.
He that hath a mouth of his owne, must not say to another; Blow.
Though fame is smoke,
Its fumes are frankincense to human thought.
Though fame is smoke,
Its fumes are frankincense to human thought.
The bit that one eates, no friend makes.
The bit that one eates, no friend makes.
Great things rush to the destruction of each other.
Great things rush to the destruction of each other.
An old cat sports not with her prey.
An old cat sports not with her prey.
There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.
There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.