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Men are rewarded or punished not for what they do but for how their acts are defined. That is why read more
Men are rewarded or punished not for what they do but for how their acts are defined. That is why men are more interested in better justifying themselves than in better behaving themselves.
The arrow will not always find the mark intended.
The arrow will not always find the mark intended.
He is next to the gods whom reason, and not passion, impels; and
who, after weighing the facts, can read more
He is next to the gods whom reason, and not passion, impels; and
who, after weighing the facts, can measure the punishment with
discretion.
[Lat., Diis proximus ille est
Quem ratio non ira movet: qui factor rependens
Consilio punire potest.]
Their hearts sweat with undivulged guilt.
Their hearts sweat with undivulged guilt.
Knowledge is folly, except grace guide it.
Knowledge is folly, except grace guide it.
If the husband be not at home, there is nobodie.
If the husband be not at home, there is nobodie.
The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.
The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.
