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The faults of his adored escape the notice of the blind admirer.
The faults of his adored escape the notice of the blind admirer.
It is equally a fault to believe all men or to believe none.
It is equally a fault to believe all men or to believe none.
Every man's friend is no man's friend.
Every man's friend is no man's friend.
Work while your strength and years permit you; crooked age will
by-and-by come upon you with silent foot.
Work while your strength and years permit you; crooked age will
by-and-by come upon you with silent foot.
Often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
And in to-day already walks read more
Often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
And in to-day already walks to-morrow.
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]
An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]
We make allowance for necessity.
We make allowance for necessity.
Pardons and pleasantnesse are great revenges of slanders.
Pardons and pleasantnesse are great revenges of slanders.
