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Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
I talk of cheese, you of chalk.
I talk of cheese, you of chalk.
An undertaking beset with danger.
An undertaking beset with danger.
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
In hard times, no less than in prosperity, preserve equanimity.
In hard times, no less than in prosperity, preserve equanimity.
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.
Take care of the halfpence and pence, and the shillings and
pounds will take care of themselves.
Take care of the halfpence and pence, and the shillings and
pounds will take care of themselves.
The arrow will not always find the mark intended.
The arrow will not always find the mark intended.