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No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.
Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.
He who surpasses or subdues mankind,
Must look down on the hate of those below.
He who surpasses or subdues mankind,
Must look down on the hate of those below.
In poison there is no physic.
In poison there is no physic.
He puts his boot on his head, and his foot in his helmet.
He puts his boot on his head, and his foot in his helmet.
Idleness ruins the constitution.
Idleness ruins the constitution.
Assaile who will, the valiant attends.
Assaile who will, the valiant attends.
