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We praise old times, but show no curiosity about modern events.
We praise old times, but show no curiosity about modern events.
We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
The goal of yesterday will be our starting-point to-morrow.
The goal of yesterday will be our starting-point to-morrow.
The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
The gentle Hawke halfe mans her selfe.
The gentle Hawke halfe mans her selfe.
That father perished at the stake
For tenets he would not forsake.
That father perished at the stake
For tenets he would not forsake.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth.
A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.
A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
