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The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means read more
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means of attack, the other as a means
of defence.
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]
Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]
New customs,
Though they be never so ridiculous,
(Nay, let 'em be unmanly), yet are followed.
New customs,
Though they be never so ridiculous,
(Nay, let 'em be unmanly), yet are followed.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods.
From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods.
No man can serve two masters.
No man can serve two masters.
He who accuses another of wrong should look well into his own
conduct.
He who accuses another of wrong should look well into his own
conduct.
