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'Tis best to pause, and think, ere you rush on.
'Tis best to pause, and think, ere you rush on.
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
To meditate an injury is to commit one.
To meditate an injury is to commit one.
He invites the commission of a crime who does not forbid it, when
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He invites the commission of a crime who does not forbid it, when
it is in his power to do so.
Mariana in the moated grange.
Mariana in the moated grange.
Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.
Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.
The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of
self-control.
The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of
self-control.
A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.
A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.
