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Conversation makes one what he is.
Conversation makes one what he is.
Crime requires further crime to conceal it.
Crime requires further crime to conceal it.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
He that staies does the businesse.
He that staies does the businesse.
The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
He told me once
The saddest thing that can befall the soul,
Is when it loses faith read more
He told me once
The saddest thing that can befall the soul,
Is when it loses faith in God and woman,
For he had lost them both. Lost I those gems,
Though the world's throne stood open in my path,
I would go wandering back into my childhood,
Searching for them with tears.
He who preserves a man's life against his will does the same
thing as if he slew him.
He who preserves a man's life against his will does the same
thing as if he slew him.
One eye of the masters sees more, then ten of the servants.
One eye of the masters sees more, then ten of the servants.
Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
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Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
Our own experience preaches.
