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Service without reward is punishment.
Service without reward is punishment.
With what knot shall I bind this Proteus, who is ever shifting
his ground?
With what knot shall I bind this Proteus, who is ever shifting
his ground?
Integrity is praised and starves.
Integrity is praised and starves.
He who injures one man threatens many.
He who injures one man threatens many.
She is kept alive on the milk of asses which she takes with her
wherever she goes.
She is kept alive on the milk of asses which she takes with her
wherever she goes.
I hate all children of precocious talent.
I hate all children of precocious talent.
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!]
There is more of bitterness than good nature in him.
There is more of bitterness than good nature in him.