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To meditate an injury is to commit one.
To meditate an injury is to commit one.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues
We write in water.
Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues
We write in water.
Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.
Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.
We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.
We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.
All that's bright must fade,--
The brightest still the fleetest;
All that's sweet was made
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All that's bright must fade,--
The brightest still the fleetest;
All that's sweet was made
But to be lost when sweetest.
Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
