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It is a maxim, that those to whom everybody allows the second
place have an undoubted title to the read more
It is a maxim, that those to whom everybody allows the second
place have an undoubted title to the first.
It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold,
than of the office which one read more
It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold,
than of the office which one fills.
[Fr., Il est plus facile de paraitre digne des emplois qu'on n'a
pas que de ceux que l'on exerce.]
My glass is not large, but I drink from my glass.
[Fr., Mon verre n'est pas grand, mais je read more
My glass is not large, but I drink from my glass.
[Fr., Mon verre n'est pas grand, mais je bois dans mon verre.]
Too good for great things and too great for good.
Too good for great things and too great for good.
You will always be fools! We shall never be gentlemen.
You will always be fools! We shall never be gentlemen.
All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.
All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.
An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.
An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.
An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.
An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.
He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
