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Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
It is difficult to whistle and drink at the same time.
It is difficult to whistle and drink at the same time.
In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.
In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.
A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.
There is no law more just, than that he, who plots death, should
perish by his own craft.
There is no law more just, than that he, who plots death, should
perish by his own craft.
You may suppress natural propensities by force, but they will be
certain to re-appear.
You may suppress natural propensities by force, but they will be
certain to re-appear.
A man's destiny is alwayes dark.
A man's destiny is alwayes dark.
