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Desiring things widely different for their various tastes.
Desiring things widely different for their various tastes.
The big thieves hang the little ones.
The big thieves hang the little ones.
To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a
fool.
[Lat., Cujusvis read more
To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a
fool.
[Lat., Cujusvis hominis est errare, nullius nisi insipientis in
errore perseverare.]
Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I
scarcely recognize as our own.
Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I
scarcely recognize as our own.
There is a medium in all things. There are certain limits
beyond, or within which, that which is right read more
There is a medium in all things. There are certain limits
beyond, or within which, that which is right cannot exist.
When God will, no winde but brings raine.
When God will, no winde but brings raine.
I wont let a wife lead me to the altar. [I will not have a wife
that shall be read more
I wont let a wife lead me to the altar. [I will not have a wife
that shall be my master.]
The faults of his adored escape the notice of the blind admirer.
The faults of his adored escape the notice of the blind admirer.
Her very silence, and her patience,
Speak to the people, and they pity her.
Her very silence, and her patience,
Speak to the people, and they pity her.