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Here is a fine field for talent.
Here is a fine field for talent.
My sun has not yet set for ever.
My sun has not yet set for ever.
Beate the dog before the Lyon.
Beate the dog before the Lyon.
No one can have all he desires.
No one can have all he desires.
He will burne his house, to warme his hands.
He will burne his house, to warme his hands.
Every man's friend is no man's friend.
Every man's friend is no man's friend.
Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.
Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.
Favour will as surely perish as life.
Favour will as surely perish as life.
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!]
