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Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
The eye will have his part.
The eye will have his part.
And on her lover's arm she leant,
And round her waist she felt it fold,
And far read more
And on her lover's arm she leant,
And round her waist she felt it fold,
And far across the hills they went,
In that new world that is the old.
All men have more consideration for themselves than for others.
All men have more consideration for themselves than for others.
The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
[Lat., Accerima proximorum odia.]
The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
[Lat., Accerima proximorum odia.]
The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
Mystery magnifies danger, as the fog does the sun.
Mystery magnifies danger, as the fog does the sun.
Strength without judgment falls by its own weight.
Strength without judgment falls by its own weight.
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.