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We are not born for ourselves alone.
We are not born for ourselves alone.
If one swain scorns you, you will soon find another.
If one swain scorns you, you will soon find another.
Such a Saint, such an offering.
Such a Saint, such an offering.
He who profits by a crime, commits it.
He who profits by a crime, commits it.
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
The greatest step is that out of doores.
[The greatest step is that out of doors.]
The greatest step is that out of doores.
[The greatest step is that out of doors.]
Where McGregor sits, there is the head of the table.
Where McGregor sits, there is the head of the table.
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so,
execute with vigour.
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so,
execute with vigour.
