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... is very unequal , for thou canst bear ill language with ease , and return it with pleasure ; and to me it is unusual to hear , and disagreeable to speak it . " ACCOUNTANT , THE BEST . - He is the best THE WORLD'S LACONICS. ...
... is very unequal , for thou canst bear ill language with ease , and return it with pleasure ; and to me it is unusual to hear , and disagreeable to speak it . " ACCOUNTANT , THE BEST . - He is the best THE WORLD'S LACONICS. ...
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... thou marry for beauty , thou bindest thyself all thy life for that which per- chance will neither last nor please thee one year ! and when thou hast it , it will be to thee of no price at all ; for the de- sire dieth when it is attained ...
... thou marry for beauty , thou bindest thyself all thy life for that which per- chance will neither last nor please thee one year ! and when thou hast it , it will be to thee of no price at all ; for the de- sire dieth when it is attained ...
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... thou and do likewise . ' " CHIVALRY . - The age of chivalry is gone , and one of calcula . tors and economists has succeeded . - Burke . CHRISTIANITY . If ever Christianity appears in its power , it is when it erects its trophies upon ...
... thou and do likewise . ' " CHIVALRY . - The age of chivalry is gone , and one of calcula . tors and economists has succeeded . - Burke . CHRISTIANITY . If ever Christianity appears in its power , it is when it erects its trophies upon ...
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... thou shalt never , by their will , discern good from evil , or vice from virtue . And because all men are apt to flatter themselves , to entertain the additions of other men's praises is most perilous . - Sir IV . Raleigh - to his Son ...
... thou shalt never , by their will , discern good from evil , or vice from virtue . And because all men are apt to flatter themselves , to entertain the additions of other men's praises is most perilous . - Sir IV . Raleigh - to his Son ...
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... thou mayst be sure of two things : the first , that they will be more careful to keep thy counsel , because they have more to lose than thou hast ; the second , they will esteem thee for thyself , and not for that which thou dost ...
... thou mayst be sure of two things : the first , that they will be more careful to keep thy counsel , because they have more to lose than thou hast ; the second , they will esteem thee for thyself , and not for that which thou dost ...
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