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There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage.
There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage.
Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public.
Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public.
Who reigns within himself, and rules
Passions, desires, and fears, is more a king.
Who reigns within himself, and rules
Passions, desires, and fears, is more a king.
Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure.
Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure.
Wee leave more to do when wee dye, then wee have done.
Wee leave more to do when wee dye, then wee have done.
Woes cluster; rare are solitary woes;
They love a train, they tread each other's heel.
Woes cluster; rare are solitary woes;
They love a train, they tread each other's heel.
The Queen, who sat
With lips severely placid felt the knot
Climb in her throat, and with read more
The Queen, who sat
With lips severely placid felt the knot
Climb in her throat, and with her feet unseen
Crushed the wild passion out against the floor.
He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
Dally not with mony or women.
Dally not with mony or women.
