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So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.
So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.
Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
When your throat is parched with thirst, do you desire a cup of
gold?
When your throat is parched with thirst, do you desire a cup of
gold?
It is as well now and then not to remember all we know.
It is as well now and then not to remember all we know.
The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.
The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.
Check the beginning of evil; the remedy is too late when the
disease by delay has increased in strength.
Check the beginning of evil; the remedy is too late when the
disease by delay has increased in strength.
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.
To meditate an injury is to commit one.
To meditate an injury is to commit one.
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
Modesty should accompany youth.
Modesty should accompany youth.
