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I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]
I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]
Coming events cast their shadows before.
Coming events cast their shadows before.
Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.
Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.
The Germans wit is in his fingers.
The Germans wit is in his fingers.
Fortune favours the bold.
Fortune favours the bold.
Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better
able to bear your own.
Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better
able to bear your own.
Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire;
Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow
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Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire;
Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow
Of bragging horror.
The faulty stands on his guard.
The faulty stands on his guard.
Be what thou wouldst seeme to be.
Be what thou wouldst seeme to be.