We are not born for ourselves alone.

We are not born for ourselves alone.

Oh! too convincing--dangerously dear--
In woman's eye the unanswerable tear!
That weapon of her weakness she can read more

Oh! too convincing--dangerously dear--
In woman's eye the unanswerable tear!
That weapon of her weakness she can wield,
To save, subdue--at once her spear and shield.

Stay till the lame messenger come, if you will know the truth of
the thing.

Stay till the lame messenger come, if you will know the truth of
the thing.

A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.

A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.

It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a
brawling woman in a wide read more

It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a
brawling woman in a wide house.

But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
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But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
Casts off its bright skin yearly like a snake.

Speake not of a dead man at the table.

Speake not of a dead man at the table.

He who wants to get rich wants to get rich quickly.

He who wants to get rich wants to get rich quickly.

That is not good language which all understand not.

That is not good language which all understand not.