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Little journeys and good cost bring safe home.
Little journeys and good cost bring safe home.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus, and we petty men
Walk under read more
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.
Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
You may suppress natural propensities by force, but they will be
certain to re-appear.
You may suppress natural propensities by force, but they will be
certain to re-appear.
Woes cluster; rare are solitary woes;
They love a train, they tread each other's heel.
Woes cluster; rare are solitary woes;
They love a train, they tread each other's heel.
Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.
Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.
Comparisons are odious.
Comparisons are odious.
We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.
We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.
