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Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.
Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.
Weight justly and sell dearely.
Weight justly and sell dearely.
I hate all children of precocious talent.
I hate all children of precocious talent.
An Oxe is taken by the horns, and a Man by the tongue.
An Oxe is taken by the horns, and a Man by the tongue.
The style is the man.
[Fr., Le style c'est l'homme.]
The style is the man.
[Fr., Le style c'est l'homme.]
Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a
fool from any side.
Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a
fool from any side.
Men at some time are masters of their fates.
Men at some time are masters of their fates.
A well-bred youth neither speakes of himselfe, nor being spoken
to is silent.
A well-bred youth neither speakes of himselfe, nor being spoken
to is silent.
