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A simple maiden in her flower
Is worth a hundred coats of arms.
A simple maiden in her flower
Is worth a hundred coats of arms.
Goods are theirs that enjoy them.
Goods are theirs that enjoy them.
The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
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The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
[The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.]
Consider an enemy may become a friend.
Consider an enemy may become a friend.
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.
Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
Great king,
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Great king,
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your read more
There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.