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Our liberality should not exceed our ability.
Our liberality should not exceed our ability.
Our fears vanish as the danger approaches.
Our fears vanish as the danger approaches.
He who preserves a man's life against his will does the same
thing as if he slew him.
He who preserves a man's life against his will does the same
thing as if he slew him.
There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.
There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.
You began better than you have finished; the last act is not
equal to the first.
You began better than you have finished; the last act is not
equal to the first.
Keep a green tree in your heart, and maybe one day a bird will come.
Keep a green tree in your heart, and maybe one day a bird will come.
That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.
That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.
He who would have the kernel must crack the shell.
He who would have the kernel must crack the shell.
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.
That should be regarded as a loss, which is won at the expense of
our reputation.
That should be regarded as a loss, which is won at the expense of
our reputation.
