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To disregard money, on suitable occasions, is often a great
profit.
To disregard money, on suitable occasions, is often a great
profit.
A bellowing cow soon forgets her calf.
A bellowing cow soon forgets her calf.
The road to success is lined with many tempting parking spaces.
The road to success is lined with many tempting parking spaces.
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
[Lat., In regione caecorum rex est luscus.]
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
[Lat., In regione caecorum rex est luscus.]
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied read more
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pitch and moment,
With this regard their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
A novice always behaves with propriety.
A novice always behaves with propriety.
A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.
A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.
For emulation hath a thousand sons
That one by one pursue.
For emulation hath a thousand sons
That one by one pursue.
