“ It is better to have a lion to the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions. ”
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“ Nothing’s so partial as the laws of fate, Erecting blockheads to suppress the great. Sir Francis Drake the Spanish platefleet won; He had been a pirate if he had got none. Sir Walter Raleigh strove, but missed the plate, And therefore died a traitor to the State. Endeavour bears a value more or less, Just as ’tis recommended by success: The lucky coxcomb ev’ry man will prize, And prosp’rous actions always pass for wise. ”
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“ Fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself. ”
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“ In trouble to be troubled, Is to have your trouble doubled. ”
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“ A rich man is an honest man — no thanks to him; for he would be a double knave, to cheat mankind when he had no need of it: he has no occasion to press upon his integrity, nor so much as to touch upon the borders of dishonesty. ”
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“ The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear. ”
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“ The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear. ”
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“ Wit, like the Belly, if it be not fed,Will starve the Members, and distract the Head. ”
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“ The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear. ”
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“ Justice is always violent to the party offending, for every man is innocent in his own eyes. ”
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“ Whenever God erects a house of prayer The devil always builds a chapel there; And 'twill be found, upon examination, The latter has the largest congregation. ”
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“ Now I saw, though too late, the folly of beginning a work before we count the cost, and before we judge rightly of our own strength to go through with it. ”
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“ And of all plagues with which mankind are cursed, ecclesiastic tyranny's the worst. ”
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“ He that hath truth on his side is a fool as well as a coward if he is afraid to own it because of other men's opinions. ”
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“ It is better to have a lion at the head of an army od sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions. ”
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“ It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions. ”
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“ He that hath truth on his side is a fool as well as a coward if he is afraid to own it because of other men's opinions. ”
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“ When kings the sword of justice first lay down; They art no kings, though they posess the crown; Titles are shadows, crowns are empty things, The good of subjects is the end of kings. ”
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“ It is better to have a lion at the head of an army od sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions. ”
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“ It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions. ”
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“ As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is, I believe, the worst of all snares. ”
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“ As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is, I believe, the worst of all snares. ”
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“ He that hath truth on his side is a fool as well as a coward if he is afraid to own it because of other men's opinions. ”
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“ Whenever God erects a house of prayer The devil always builds a chapel there; And 'twill be found, upon examination, The latter has the largest congregation. ”
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“ Whenever God erects a house of prayer The devil always builds a chapel there; And 'twill be found, upon examination, The latter has the largest congregation. ”
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“ And of all plagues with which mankind are cursed, ecclesiastic tyranny's the worst. ”
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