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Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
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!]
Man's extremity is God's opportunity.
Man's extremity is God's opportunity.
He who would not be indolent, let him fall in love.
He who would not be indolent, let him fall in love.
Hee that labours and thrives spins gold.
Hee that labours and thrives spins gold.
How the devil is it that fresh features
Have such a charm for us poor human creatures?
How the devil is it that fresh features
Have such a charm for us poor human creatures?
Never without a shilling in my purse.
Never without a shilling in my purse.
Sweet is revenge--especially to women.
Sweet is revenge--especially to women.
