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How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
Men who ape the saint and play the sinner.
Men who ape the saint and play the sinner.
Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
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Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
Our own experience preaches.
Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides.
Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides.
A hatt is not made for one shower.
A hatt is not made for one shower.
It is engendered in the eyes;
By gazing fed; and fancy dies
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It is engendered in the eyes;
By gazing fed; and fancy dies
In the cradle where it lies.
Hell is full of good intentions.
[Sp., El infierno es lleno de buenas intenciones.]
Hell is full of good intentions.
[Sp., El infierno es lleno de buenas intenciones.]
Men would be angels, angels would be gods.
Men would be angels, angels would be gods.
