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When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often
mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large.
When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often
mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large.
He who has enough for his wants should desire nothing more.
He who has enough for his wants should desire nothing more.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
Content is more than a kingdom.
Content is more than a kingdom.
The mob may hiss me, but I congratulate myself while I
contemplate my treasures in their hoard.
The mob may hiss me, but I congratulate myself while I
contemplate my treasures in their hoard.
He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his
love of possessing wealth.
He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his
love of possessing wealth.
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
She stands on tiptoe to be kissed.
She stands on tiptoe to be kissed.
No one delights more in revenge than a woman.
No one delights more in revenge than a woman.
Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
