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You must endure what is painful to secure that which is
profitable.
You must endure what is painful to secure that which is
profitable.
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.
Once let good faith be abandoned, and all social existence would
perish.
Once let good faith be abandoned, and all social existence would
perish.
Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself
with the affairs of others.
Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself
with the affairs of others.
Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey,
and brevity.
Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey,
and brevity.
Just then, as by the tumult riven,
Poured down at once the lowering heaven.
Just then, as by the tumult riven,
Poured down at once the lowering heaven.
Ships feare fire more then water.
Ships feare fire more then water.
