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The best manners are stained by haughtiness.
The best manners are stained by haughtiness.
An ill agreement is better then a good judgement.
[An ill agreement is better than a good judgment.]
An ill agreement is better then a good judgement.
[An ill agreement is better than a good judgment.]
Better good afarre off, then evill at hand.
Better good afarre off, then evill at hand.
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
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Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land!
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd,
As home his footsteps he hath turn'd,
From wandering on a foreign strand!
None but the brave deserve the fair.
None but the brave deserve the fair.
The Fox, when hee cannot reach the grapes, saies they are not
ripe.
The Fox, when hee cannot reach the grapes, saies they are not
ripe.
No barber shaves so close but another finds worke.
No barber shaves so close but another finds worke.
Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
There is no disputing about taste.
[Lat., De gustibus non disputandum.]
There is no disputing about taste.
[Lat., De gustibus non disputandum.]