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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.
Common report is not always wrong.
Common report is not always wrong.
Punishment follows close on the heels of crime.
Punishment follows close on the heels of crime.
Happy, twice happy, you who dwell in the country, if you only
knew the pleasures which surround you!
Happy, twice happy, you who dwell in the country, if you only
knew the pleasures which surround you!
Sit in your place and none can make you rise.
Sit in your place and none can make you rise.
Some evils are cured by contempt.
Some evils are cured by contempt.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
