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Handsome features are a silent recommendation.
Handsome features are a silent recommendation.
Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.
Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.
The life of man is a winter way.
The life of man is a winter way.
In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to
their fellow creatures.
In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to
their fellow creatures.
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
Small habits, well pursued betimes,
May reach the dignity of crimes.
Small habits, well pursued betimes,
May reach the dignity of crimes.
A little and good fills the trencher.
A little and good fills the trencher.
Who would doe ill ne're wants occasion.
Who would doe ill ne're wants occasion.
Two other tender drops, which ready stood,
Each in their crystal sluice.
Two other tender drops, which ready stood,
Each in their crystal sluice.
