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He that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that, which not enriches him,
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He that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that, which not enriches him,
And makes me poor indeed.
If that you have a former friend for foe.
If that you have a former friend for foe.
When yet was ever found a mother
Who'd give her booby for another?
When yet was ever found a mother
Who'd give her booby for another?
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
A bad dog never sees the Wolfe.
A bad dog never sees the Wolfe.
The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]
The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]
To love is a pleasure of youth, a sin in old age.
To love is a pleasure of youth, a sin in old age.
No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.
No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.
