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To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a
fool.
[Lat., Cujusvis read more
To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a
fool.
[Lat., Cujusvis hominis est errare, nullius nisi insipientis in
errore perseverare.]
The getting out of doors is the greatest part of the journey.
The getting out of doors is the greatest part of the journey.
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.
Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.
Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.
A word once spoken cannot be recalled.
A word once spoken cannot be recalled.
Must I give way and room to your rash choler?
Must I give way and room to your rash choler?
E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side.
E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side.
This world is nothing except it tend to another.
This world is nothing except it tend to another.
