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Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
Nothing is more audacious than these women when detected; they
assume anger, and take courage from the very crime read more
Nothing is more audacious than these women when detected; they
assume anger, and take courage from the very crime itself.
The Wolfe knowes, what the ill beast thinkes.
The Wolfe knowes, what the ill beast thinkes.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]
Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]
With but a plank between them and their fate.
With but a plank between them and their fate.
What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.
What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.
The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet.
The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet.
A hungry stomach rarely despises rough food.
A hungry stomach rarely despises rough food.
