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It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in
joke.
It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in
joke.
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud read more
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not, and
our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our
virtues.
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that read more
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that man is a scoundrel.
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
Everyone is a master and servant.
Everyone is a master and servant.
Those that God loves, do not live long.
Those that God loves, do not live long.
And quick his colour went and came,
As fear and rage alternate rose.
And quick his colour went and came,
As fear and rage alternate rose.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
Take heed of mad folks in a narrow place.
Take heed of mad folks in a narrow place.
