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Originality provokes originality.
Originality provokes originality.
That least pleases us which is most urged on us.
That least pleases us which is most urged on us.
Every bullet has its billet.
Every bullet has its billet.
All things require skill, but an appetite.
All things require skill, but an appetite.
He who preserves a man's life against his will does the same
thing as if he slew him.
He who preserves a man's life against his will does the same
thing as if he slew him.
It is, I believe, better to restrain the passions of youth by a
sense of shame, and by conciliatory read more
It is, I believe, better to restrain the passions of youth by a
sense of shame, and by conciliatory means, than by fear.
Defer no time; delays have dangerous ends.
Defer no time; delays have dangerous ends.
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
A light breath fans the flame, a violent gust extinguishes it.
A light breath fans the flame, a violent gust extinguishes it.
