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Even to smile at the misfortunes of others is to do an injury.
Even to smile at the misfortunes of others is to do an injury.
We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.
We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.
Our content
Is our best having.
Our content
Is our best having.
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means read more
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means of attack, the other as a means
of defence.
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
Between the businesse of life and the day of death, a space ought
to be interposed.
Between the businesse of life and the day of death, a space ought
to be interposed.
Honesty is the best policy.
Honesty is the best policy.
A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.
A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.
No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime.
No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime.