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Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.
Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
Live for today for tomorrow never comes.
Live for today for tomorrow never comes.
Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean read more
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean and plant himself afresh.
A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad,
will work out his ruin.
A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad,
will work out his ruin.
When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.
When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.
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.
And what love can do, that does love attempt.
And what love can do, that does love attempt.
