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No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
Once a yeare a man may say: On his conscience.
Once a yeare a man may say: On his conscience.
It's an ill aire where wee gaine nothing.
It's an ill aire where wee gaine nothing.
What is the sin which is not
Sin in itself? Can circumstance make sin
Or virtue?
What is the sin which is not
Sin in itself? Can circumstance make sin
Or virtue?
Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win,
By fearing to read more
Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win,
By fearing to attempt.
An examin'd enterprize goes on boldly.
An examin'd enterprize goes on boldly.
An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.
An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.
