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My hair is grey, but not with years.
My hair is grey, but not with years.
In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not
discretion.
In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not
discretion.
Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.
Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.
It's not improbable that a man may receive more solid
satisfaction from pudding while he is alive than from read more
It's not improbable that a man may receive more solid
satisfaction from pudding while he is alive than from praise
after he is dead.
But scandal's my aversion--I protest
Against all evil speaking, even in jest.
But scandal's my aversion--I protest
Against all evil speaking, even in jest.
Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.
Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.
A fair face may make a foul bargain.
A fair face may make a foul bargain.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
In hard times, no less than in prosperity, preserve equanimity.
In hard times, no less than in prosperity, preserve equanimity.