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How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
The mob will now and then see things in a right light.
The mob will now and then see things in a right light.
The life of spies is to know, not bee known.
The life of spies is to know, not bee known.
It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.
It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.
The goal of yesterday will be our starting-point to-morrow.
The goal of yesterday will be our starting-point to-morrow.
My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.
My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.
I am myself a man, and nothing relating to men is a matter of
indifference to me.
I am myself a man, and nothing relating to men is a matter of
indifference to me.
Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.
Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.