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The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]
The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]
Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus, and we petty men
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Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus, and we petty men
Walk under his huge legs and peep about
To find ourselves dishonorable graves.
There is a good deal in a man's mode of eating.
There is a good deal in a man's mode of eating.
An injury may prove a blessing.
An injury may prove a blessing.
With taper-light
To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish.
With taper-light
To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish.
Tears ready to do duty at a minute's notice.
Tears ready to do duty at a minute's notice.
The thread breakes, where it is weakest.
The thread breakes, where it is weakest.
A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.
A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.
Villany reduces those whom it defiles to the same level.
Villany reduces those whom it defiles to the same level.
