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A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.
A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.
A great unrecognized incapacity.
[Fr., Une grande incapacite inconnue.]
A great unrecognized incapacity.
[Fr., Une grande incapacite inconnue.]
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.
All men that are ruined, are ruined on the side of their natural
propensities.
All men that are ruined, are ruined on the side of their natural
propensities.
They love, they hate, but cannot do without him.
They love, they hate, but cannot do without him.
You must look into people, as well as at them.
You must look into people, as well as at them.
Vitanda est improba Siren Desidia. (That shameful Siren, sloth, is ever to be avoided.)
Vitanda est improba Siren Desidia. (That shameful Siren, sloth, is ever to be avoided.)
Knight without fear and without reproach.
[Fr., Chevalier sans peur et sans reproche.]
Knight without fear and without reproach.
[Fr., Chevalier sans peur et sans reproche.]
She was and is (what can there more be said?)
On earth the first, in heaven the second maid.
She was and is (what can there more be said?)
On earth the first, in heaven the second maid.
