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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.
Revenge and wrong bring forth their kind;
The foul cubs like their parents are.
Revenge and wrong bring forth their kind;
The foul cubs like their parents are.
When war begins, then hell openeth.
When war begins, then hell openeth.
Woe to the house where there is no chiding.
Woe to the house where there is no chiding.
Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as
possible.
Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as
possible.
O I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part, sir,
of myself, and what remains is read more
O I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part, sir,
of myself, and what remains is bestial.
Desiring things widely different for their various tastes.
Desiring things widely different for their various tastes.
Let him laugh, who is on the right side of the hedge.
Let him laugh, who is on the right side of the hedge.
It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our
past life with pleasure.
It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our
past life with pleasure.