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I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!
I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!
The perswasion of the fortunate swaies the doubtfull.
The perswasion of the fortunate swaies the doubtfull.
The secret wound still lives within the breast.
[Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]
The secret wound still lives within the breast.
[Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]
The soule needs few things, the body many.
The soule needs few things, the body many.
Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.
Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means read more
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means of attack, the other as a means
of defence.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Short boughs, long vintage.
Short boughs, long vintage.