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In excessive altercation, truth is lost.
[Lat., Nimium altercando veritas amittitur.]
In excessive altercation, truth is lost.
[Lat., Nimium altercando veritas amittitur.]
The generous heart
Should scorn a pleasure which gives others pain.
The generous heart
Should scorn a pleasure which gives others pain.
Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
For without transformation
Men become wolves on every slight occasion.
For without transformation
Men become wolves on every slight occasion.
Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
Content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches
into gold.
Content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches
into gold.
O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray read more
O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray ye flog them upon all occasions,
It mends their morals--never mind the pain.
An Oxe is taken by the horns, and a Man by the tongue.
An Oxe is taken by the horns, and a Man by the tongue.
