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Once let good faith be abandoned, and all social existence would
perish.
Once let good faith be abandoned, and all social existence would
perish.
Here beauty hangs upon the cheek of night,
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear.
Here beauty hangs upon the cheek of night,
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear.
You are his father by nature, I by counsel.
You are his father by nature, I by counsel.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy
are deceitful.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy
are deceitful.
Whom has not the inspiring bowl made eloquent?
[Lat., Foecundi calices quem non fecere disertum.]
Whom has not the inspiring bowl made eloquent?
[Lat., Foecundi calices quem non fecere disertum.]
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
Hee that hath a wife and children wants not businesse.
Hee that hath a wife and children wants not businesse.
He is most powerful who governs himself.
He is most powerful who governs himself.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
