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Speake not of a dead man at the table.
Speake not of a dead man at the table.
Who remove stones, bruise their fingers.
Who remove stones, bruise their fingers.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.
This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.
Love all, trust a few,
Do wrong to none.
Love all, trust a few,
Do wrong to none.
In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you
embrace another.
In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you
embrace another.
Proverbs like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary
of the intuitions.
Proverbs like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary
of the intuitions.
Honour without profit is a ring on the finger.
Honour without profit is a ring on the finger.
