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Better fed than taught.
Better fed than taught.
Manners with Fortunes, Humours turn with Climes,
Tenets with Books, and Principles with Times.
Manners with Fortunes, Humours turn with Climes,
Tenets with Books, and Principles with Times.
Who is there that, shooting all day long, does not sometimes hit
the mark?
Who is there that, shooting all day long, does not sometimes hit
the mark?
You tell a tale to a dead man.
You tell a tale to a dead man.
It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one
with kindness.
It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one
with kindness.
He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.
He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.
Let but the hours of idleness cease, and the bow of Cupid will
become broken and his torch extinguished.
Let but the hours of idleness cease, and the bow of Cupid will
become broken and his torch extinguished.
The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
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The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
Are but gigantic flights of stairs.
