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He who gives himself airs of importance, exhibits the credentials
of impotence.
He who gives himself airs of importance, exhibits the credentials
of impotence.
No wise man has called a change of opinion in constancy.
No wise man has called a change of opinion in constancy.
The covetous are always in want.
The covetous are always in want.
The best manners are stained by haughtiness.
The best manners are stained by haughtiness.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those
matters with which I am unacquainted.
Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those
matters with which I am unacquainted.
Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.
Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.
The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
He that thinks amiss, concludes worse.
He that thinks amiss, concludes worse.
