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A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another's.
A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another's.
They love, they hate, but cannot do without him.
They love, they hate, but cannot do without him.
What you are thunders so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary.
What you are thunders so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary.
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.
A great unrecognized incapacity.
[Fr., Une grande incapacite inconnue.]
A great unrecognized incapacity.
[Fr., Une grande incapacite inconnue.]
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.
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.
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.
To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are.
To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are.
