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There are four kinds of people, three of which are to be avoided
and the fourth cultivated: those who read more
There are four kinds of people, three of which are to be avoided
and the fourth cultivated: those who don't know that they don't
know; those who know that they don't know; those who don't know
that they know; and those who know that they know.
I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]
I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]
If you believe everything you read, better not read.
If you believe everything you read, better not read.
Early, bright, transient, chaste, as morning dew
She sparkled, was exhal'd, and went to heaven.
Early, bright, transient, chaste, as morning dew
She sparkled, was exhal'd, and went to heaven.
It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.
Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.
He won't, won't he? Then bring me my boots.
He won't, won't he? Then bring me my boots.
With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy read more
With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy ambition finds.
In every Art it is good to have a master.
In every Art it is good to have a master.