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Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.
Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
A tigress, robb'd of young, a lioness,
Or other interesting beast of prey,
Are similes at hand read more
A tigress, robb'd of young, a lioness,
Or other interesting beast of prey,
Are similes at hand for the distress
Of ladies who cannot have their own way.
It is as well now and then not to remember all we know.
It is as well now and then not to remember all we know.
No money, no Swiss.
[Fr., Point d'argent, point de Suisse.]
No money, no Swiss.
[Fr., Point d'argent, point de Suisse.]
I am myself a man, and nothing relating to men is a matter of
indifference to me.
I am myself a man, and nothing relating to men is a matter of
indifference to me.
At night, to his own sharp fancies a prey,
He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way,
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At night, to his own sharp fancies a prey,
He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way,
Tormenting himself with his prickles.
He like a rock in the sea unshaken stands his ground.
He like a rock in the sea unshaken stands his ground.
A fool's bolt is soon shot.
A fool's bolt is soon shot.
