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When anger rises, think of the consequences.
When anger rises, think of the consequences.
Hope is the poore mans bread.
Hope is the poore mans bread.
It is hard to abstain from writing satire.
It is hard to abstain from writing satire.
An old friend is a new house.
An old friend is a new house.
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing.
'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands;
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Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing.
'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands;
But he that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that which not enriches him
And makes me poor indeed.
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
All men do not admire and delight in the same objects.
All men do not admire and delight in the same objects.
