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Be not for ever harassed by impotent desire.
Be not for ever harassed by impotent desire.
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.
Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?
Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
Clean hands are better than full ones in the sight of God.
Clean hands are better than full ones in the sight of God.
He who is first in time has the prior right.
He who is first in time has the prior right.
Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest.
Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest.
A friend is a second self.
A friend is a second self.
Hee that tells his wife newes is but newly married.
Hee that tells his wife newes is but newly married.
