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The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
He who repents of his fault is almost guiltless.
He who repents of his fault is almost guiltless.
War with vices, but peace with individuals.
War with vices, but peace with individuals.
The conviction of having committed a fault is its first and
greatest punishment.
The conviction of having committed a fault is its first and
greatest punishment.
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
[Lat., In regione caecorum rex est luscus.]
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
[Lat., In regione caecorum rex est luscus.]
Praise a hill, but keepe below.
Praise a hill, but keepe below.
Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.
Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
Do not unto another that which you would not he should do unto
you.
Do not unto another that which you would not he should do unto
you.
