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Let the cobbler stick to his last.
Let the cobbler stick to his last.
Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed read more
Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at once,
and seek again that which he despised.
Silke doth quench the fire in the Kitchin.
Silke doth quench the fire in the Kitchin.
How do our philosophers act? Do they not inscribe their
signatures to the very essays they write on the read more
How do our philosophers act? Do they not inscribe their
signatures to the very essays they write on the propriety of
despising glory.
Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
The fellow is either a madman or a poet.
The fellow is either a madman or a poet.
Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.
Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.
The child is father of the man.
The child is father of the man.
Originality provokes originality.
Originality provokes originality.