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Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
In avoiding one vice fools rush into the opposite extreme.
In avoiding one vice fools rush into the opposite extreme.
Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.
Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.
He has carried every point, who has combined that which is useful
with that which is agreeable.
He has carried every point, who has combined that which is useful
with that which is agreeable.
All soils are not fertile.
All soils are not fertile.
A live dog is better than a dead lion.
A live dog is better than a dead lion.
A name, it has more than nominal worth,
And belongs to good or bad luck at birth.
A name, it has more than nominal worth,
And belongs to good or bad luck at birth.
Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.
Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.
