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It is human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
[Lat., Proprium humani ingenii, est odisse quem laeseris.]
It is human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
[Lat., Proprium humani ingenii, est odisse quem laeseris.]
Don't promise twice what you can do at once.
Don't promise twice what you can do at once.
The slothful is the servant of the counters.
The slothful is the servant of the counters.
But man, proud man,
Drest in a little brief authority,--
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
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But man, proud man,
Drest in a little brief authority,--
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
As make the angels weep.
Whistle, and she'll come to you.
Whistle, and she'll come to you.
All men have more consideration for themselves than for others.
All men have more consideration for themselves than for others.
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
