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One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
Witty remarks are all very well when spoken at a proper time:
when out of place they are offensive.
Witty remarks are all very well when spoken at a proper time:
when out of place they are offensive.
Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.
Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.
Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than
those who turn beggars.
Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than
those who turn beggars.
Govern your temper, which will rule you unless kept in
subjection.
Govern your temper, which will rule you unless kept in
subjection.
Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
"Rogue that I am," he whispers to himself,
"I lie, I cheat--do anything for pelf,
But who read more
"Rogue that I am," he whispers to himself,
"I lie, I cheat--do anything for pelf,
But who on earth can say I am not pious?"