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Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.
Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.
Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to
indulge in them; a man cannot tell his read more
Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to
indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means read more
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means of attack, the other as a means
of defence.
Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.
Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.
Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.
Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
Revenge is sweeter than life itself.
Revenge is sweeter than life itself.
Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]
Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]
He deliberately thrusts his silly head into the matrimonial
halter.
He deliberately thrusts his silly head into the matrimonial
halter.
Well does he sleep who knows not that his sleep has been broken.
Well does he sleep who knows not that his sleep has been broken.
