No deceit is so veiled as that which lies concealed behind the
semblance of courtesy.

No deceit is so veiled as that which lies concealed behind the
semblance of courtesy.

A brute without a single redeeming point.

A brute without a single redeeming point.

They appear but here and there swimming in the vasty deep. [The
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They appear but here and there swimming in the vasty deep. [The
portions of some books really worth notice are few and far
between.]

Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.

Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.

Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
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Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
To scorn delights, and live laborious days;
But the fair guerdon when we hope to find,
And think to burst out into sudden blaze,
Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears,
And slits the thin-spun life.

To review ones store is to mow twice.

To review ones store is to mow twice.

Troy owes to Homer what whist owes to Hoyle.

Troy owes to Homer what whist owes to Hoyle.

And there is a worm in the lonely wood,
That pierces the liver and blackens the blood,
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And there is a worm in the lonely wood,
That pierces the liver and blackens the blood,
And makes it a sorrow to be.

He that knowes nothing, doubts nothing.

He that knowes nothing, doubts nothing.