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It is success that colours all in life,
Success makes fools admir'd, makes villains honest.
It is success that colours all in life,
Success makes fools admir'd, makes villains honest.
Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
Nothing secure unlesse suspected.
Nothing secure unlesse suspected.
The slothful is the servant of the counters.
The slothful is the servant of the counters.
The ire of a despotic king
Rides forth upon destruction's wing.
The ire of a despotic king
Rides forth upon destruction's wing.
He warmes too neere that burnes.
He warmes too neere that burnes.
May everything he treads upon become a rose!
May everything he treads upon become a rose!
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with
all thy getting get understanding.
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with
all thy getting get understanding.
Hidden knowledge differs little from ignorance.
Hidden knowledge differs little from ignorance.
