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To love is a pleasure of youth, a sin in old age.
To love is a pleasure of youth, a sin in old age.
He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.
He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.
The far-off interest of tears.
The far-off interest of tears.
Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.
Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.
Hence ye profane; I hate ye all;
Both the great vulgar, and the small.
Hence ye profane; I hate ye all;
Both the great vulgar, and the small.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth.
Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth.
What you keep by you, you may change and mend;
But words once spoke can never be recall'd.
What you keep by you, you may change and mend;
But words once spoke can never be recall'd.
In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
