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Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as
possible.
Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as
possible.
Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.
Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.
There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
A horse stumbles that hath foure legges.
A horse stumbles that hath foure legges.
Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.
Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.
His resolution is unshaken; tears, though shed, avail not.
His resolution is unshaken; tears, though shed, avail not.
Much spends the traveller, more then the abider.
Much spends the traveller, more then the abider.
The ears that gape after secrets retain not faithfully what is
entrusted to them.
The ears that gape after secrets retain not faithfully what is
entrusted to them.
In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to
their fellow creatures.
In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to
their fellow creatures.