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An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
Patience revels in misfortunes.
Patience revels in misfortunes.
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
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.
You walk over red-hot lava hidden beneath treacherous ashes.
You walk over red-hot lava hidden beneath treacherous ashes.
Anger is like
A full hot horse, who being allowed his way,
Self-mettle tires him.
Anger is like
A full hot horse, who being allowed his way,
Self-mettle tires him.
And there stalks Discord delighted with her torn mantle.
And there stalks Discord delighted with her torn mantle.
To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
