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Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
There is a medium in all things. There are certain limits
beyond, or within which, that which is right read more
There is a medium in all things. There are certain limits
beyond, or within which, that which is right cannot exist.
They say, best men are moulded out of faults.
They say, best men are moulded out of faults.
Concealed anger is to be feared; but hatred openly manifested
destroys its chance of revenge.
Concealed anger is to be feared; but hatred openly manifested
destroys its chance of revenge.
(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.
(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
He that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that, which not enriches him,
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He that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that, which not enriches him,
And makes me poor indeed.
Which of these two is the greater fool?
Which of these two is the greater fool?
