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If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.
If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.
We cannot come to honour under Coverlet.
We cannot come to honour under Coverlet.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
It is good to have some friends both in heaven and hell.
It is good to have some friends both in heaven and hell.
Let him who has granted a favour speak not of it; let him who has
received one, proclaim it.
Let him who has granted a favour speak not of it; let him who has
received one, proclaim it.
I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]
I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]
Crime requires further crime to conceal it.
Crime requires further crime to conceal it.
