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Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.
Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.
In the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
In the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
From his silence a man's consent is inferred.
From his silence a man's consent is inferred.
Who is there that, shooting all day long, does not sometimes hit
the mark?
Who is there that, shooting all day long, does not sometimes hit
the mark?
Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.
Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.
How fallen, how changed
From him, who, in the happy realms of light,
Clothed with transcendent brightness, read more
How fallen, how changed
From him, who, in the happy realms of light,
Clothed with transcendent brightness, didst outshine
Myriads, though bright.
All men have more consideration for themselves than for others.
All men have more consideration for themselves than for others.
In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand
griefes prove.
In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand
griefes prove.
Danger comes on us more speedily when we treat it with contempt.
Danger comes on us more speedily when we treat it with contempt.
