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To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.
To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.
Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.
Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.
Trivial losses often prove great gains.
Trivial losses often prove great gains.
The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]
The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]
A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
The grief of an heir is only masked laughter.
The grief of an heir is only masked laughter.
A man convinced against his will,
Is of the some opinion still.
A man convinced against his will,
Is of the some opinion still.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever;
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness; read more
A thing of beauty is a joy forever;
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness; but still will keep
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.
