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There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
Nature never says one thing, and science another.
Nature never says one thing, and science another.
Is there a man whose judgment clear
Can others teach the course to steer,
Yet runs himself read more
Is there a man whose judgment clear
Can others teach the course to steer,
Yet runs himself life's mad career,
Wild as the wave?
We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty
is ever charming.
We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty
is ever charming.
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her
mouth is smoother than oil:
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For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her
mouth is smoother than oil:
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
Man is to man a god or a wolf.
Man is to man a god or a wolf.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
Forgiveness to the injured does belong,
But they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong.
Forgiveness to the injured does belong,
But they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong.
All men have more consideration for themselves than for others.
All men have more consideration for themselves than for others.