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There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your read more
There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
He who profits by a crime, commits it.
He who profits by a crime, commits it.
Old soldiers never die;
They fade away!
Old soldiers never die;
They fade away!
Little dogs start the Hare, the great get her.
Little dogs start the Hare, the great get her.
Little we heed the tempest drear,
While music, mirth, and social cheer,
Speed on their wings the read more
Little we heed the tempest drear,
While music, mirth, and social cheer,
Speed on their wings the passing year.
What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.
What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.
As the yellow gold is tried in the fire, so is sincerity tested
in adversity.
As the yellow gold is tried in the fire, so is sincerity tested
in adversity.
