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An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. - De Legibus, 1240.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. - De Legibus, 1240.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.
Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.
A beauty is a woman you notice; A charmer is one who notices you.
A beauty is a woman you notice; A charmer is one who notices you.
In brief, I don't stick to declare, Father Dick,
So they call him for short, is a regular brick;
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In brief, I don't stick to declare, Father Dick,
So they call him for short, is a regular brick;
A metaphor taken--I have not the page aright--
From an ethical work by the Stagyrite.
Heroic, stoic Cato, the sententious,
Who lent his lady to his friend Hortensius.
Heroic, stoic Cato, the sententious,
Who lent his lady to his friend Hortensius.
You can measure a man by the opposition it takes to discourage him.
You can measure a man by the opposition it takes to discourage him.
Character is what you are in the dark.
Character is what you are in the dark.
Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is read more
Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.
