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It is not permitted that we should know everything.
It is not permitted that we should know everything.
He who desires to become rich, wishes to become so as quickly as
possible.
He who desires to become rich, wishes to become so as quickly as
possible.
Hug the shore; let others try the deep.
Hug the shore; let others try the deep.
To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.
To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera read more
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera panem ostentat.]
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
When men grow virtuous in their old age they are merely making a
sacrifice to God of the devil's read more
When men grow virtuous in their old age they are merely making a
sacrifice to God of the devil's leavings.
Bear and forbear.
Bear and forbear.
Though they don't want to kill anybody, they like to have the
power to do so.
Though they don't want to kill anybody, they like to have the
power to do so.
