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A stone in a well is not lost.
A stone in a well is not lost.
No work is of such merit as to instruct from a mere cursory
perusal.
No work is of such merit as to instruct from a mere cursory
perusal.
Strict law is often great injustice.
Strict law is often great injustice.
He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself.
He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling.
Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling.
A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.
A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.
Old men go to Death, Death comes to Young men.
Old men go to Death, Death comes to Young men.
Blow, blow, thou winter wind,
Thou art not so unkind
As man's ingratitude:
Thy read more
Blow, blow, thou winter wind,
Thou art not so unkind
As man's ingratitude:
Thy tooth is not so keen,
Because thou art not seen,
Although thy breath be rude.
