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Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.
Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful.
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful.
There is a medium in all things. There are certain limits
beyond, or within which, that which is right read more
There is a medium in all things. There are certain limits
beyond, or within which, that which is right cannot exist.
A child correct behind and not before.
A child correct behind and not before.
When the night's darkest the dawn is nearest.
When the night's darkest the dawn is nearest.
Small endeavours obtain strength by unity of action: the most
powerful are broken down by discord.
Small endeavours obtain strength by unity of action: the most
powerful are broken down by discord.
Nothing is achieved without toil.
Nothing is achieved without toil.
One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
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One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
To murder thousands takes a specious name,
War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame.
