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He who gives himself airs of importance, exhibits the credentials
of impotence.
He who gives himself airs of importance, exhibits the credentials
of impotence.
The Wolfe knowes, what the ill beast thinkes.
The Wolfe knowes, what the ill beast thinkes.
As you behave towards others, expect that others will behave to
you.
As you behave towards others, expect that others will behave to
you.
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
As the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
As the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.
A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind.
A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind.
Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away.
Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away.