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There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.
There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.
I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!
I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
Successful villany is called virtue.
Successful villany is called virtue.
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the
mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like read more
Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the
mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like bats, about
your fretted roofs.
Honesty is the best policy.
Honesty is the best policy.
Hee commands enough that obeyes a wise man.
Hee commands enough that obeyes a wise man.
