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He that is master of himself will soon be master of others.
He that is master of himself will soon be master of others.
Don't long for the unripe grape.
Don't long for the unripe grape.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
He who injures one man threatens many.
He who injures one man threatens many.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy
are deceitful.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy
are deceitful.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
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Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
But where unbruised youth with unstuffed brain
Doth couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign.
The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
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The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
[The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.]
With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye.
With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye.
We ne'er shall look upon his like again.
We ne'er shall look upon his like again.