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Who teacheth often learns himself.
Who teacheth often learns himself.
He that can make a fire well, can end a quarrell.
He that can make a fire well, can end a quarrell.
We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes
us.
We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes
us.
A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.
A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.
Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.
Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.
The secret wound still lives within the breast.
[Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]
The secret wound still lives within the breast.
[Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]
Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.
Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.
Think nought a trifle, though it small appear;
Small sands the mountain, moments make the year,
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Think nought a trifle, though it small appear;
Small sands the mountain, moments make the year,
And trifles life.
