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This is no time for staring about.
This is no time for staring about.
Man naturally yearns for novelty.
Man naturally yearns for novelty.
Great actions are not always true sons
Of great and mighty resolutions.
Great actions are not always true sons
Of great and mighty resolutions.
To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.
To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.
That which I just now gave, I recall, and draw back the string.
That which I just now gave, I recall, and draw back the string.
That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.
That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.
As with a little girl playing with her nurse, the toy which she
eagerly sought she soon tires of read more
As with a little girl playing with her nurse, the toy which she
eagerly sought she soon tires of and discards.
By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.