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More have repented speech then silence.
[More have repented speech than silence.]
More have repented speech then silence.
[More have repented speech than silence.]
But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!
But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!
Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
A word spoken in due season, how good is it!
A word spoken in due season, how good is it!
Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
Time is the Rider that breakes youth.
Time is the Rider that breakes youth.
No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his
duty to avoid.
No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his
duty to avoid.
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
He follows his father, but with shorter strides.
He follows his father, but with shorter strides.
