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Whatsoever has exceeded its proper limit is in an unstable
position.
Whatsoever has exceeded its proper limit is in an unstable
position.
Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.
Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.
When we have what we like 'tis hard to miss it.
When we have what we like 'tis hard to miss it.
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
Wouldst thou, or thou,
Forego what's now,
For all that hope may say?
No--joy's read more
Wouldst thou, or thou,
Forego what's now,
For all that hope may say?
No--joy's reply,
From every eye,
Is, "Live we while we may."
The masters eye fattens the horse, and his foote the ground.
The masters eye fattens the horse, and his foote the ground.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
How much in love with himself, and that too without a rival!
How much in love with himself, and that too without a rival!
