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This victory will be your I ruin.
This victory will be your I ruin.
Alas, by what trivial causes is greatness overthrown!
Alas, by what trivial causes is greatness overthrown!
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]
The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]
He that hath lands hath quarrells.
He that hath lands hath quarrells.
The worst punishment of all is, that in the court of his own
conscience no guilty man is acquitted.
The worst punishment of all is, that in the court of his own
conscience no guilty man is acquitted.
When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.
When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.
A bellowing cow soon forgets her calf.
A bellowing cow soon forgets her calf.
