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Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.
Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.
Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.
Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.
Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,
or as a fool to the correction read more
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,
or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the
snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the
wind, and the higher the tower read more
The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the
wind, and the higher the tower the greater the fall thereof.
'Tis strange, but true: for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction.
'Tis strange, but true: for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction.
Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.
Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.
Fidelity, purchased with money, money can destroy.
Fidelity, purchased with money, money can destroy.
It is peculiarly a fool's habit to discern the faults of others,
and to forget his own.
It is peculiarly a fool's habit to discern the faults of others,
and to forget his own.
