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There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your read more
There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.
The Good are better made by Ill,
As odours crushed are sweeter still.
The Good are better made by Ill,
As odours crushed are sweeter still.
Successful villany is called virtue.
Successful villany is called virtue.
He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.
He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.
From his silence a man's consent is inferred.
From his silence a man's consent is inferred.
We take no note of time
But from its loss.
We take no note of time
But from its loss.
When all sinnes grow old, coveteousnesse is young.
When all sinnes grow old, coveteousnesse is young.
