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The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.
The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.
He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.
He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.
Our content
Is our best having.
Our content
Is our best having.
Who eates his cock alone must saddle his horse alone.
Who eates his cock alone must saddle his horse alone.
Skins may differ, but affection
Dwells in white and black the same.
Skins may differ, but affection
Dwells in white and black the same.
There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.
There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.
Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.
Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.
A mind conscious of its own rectitude.
[Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]
A mind conscious of its own rectitude.
[Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]
Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.
Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.
