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An Englishman, being flattered, is a lamb; threatened, a lion.


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I will neither yield to the song of the siren nor the voice of the hyena, the tears of the crocodile nor the howling of the wolf.

I will neither yield to the song of the siren nor the voice of the hyena, the tears of the crocodile nor the howling of the wolf.



Let no man value at a little price A virtuous woman's counsel; her winged spirit Is feathered often times with heavenly words, And, like her beauty, ravishing and pure.

Let no man value at a little price A virtuous woman's counsel; her winged spirit Is feathered often times with heavenly words, And, like her beauty, ravishing and pure.



Flatterers look like friends, as wolves like dogs.

Flatterers look like friends, as wolves like dogs.



Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee. Light gains make heavy purses. 'Tis good to be merry and wise.

Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee. Light gains make heavy purses. 'Tis good to be merry and wise.



Be free all worthy spirits, and stretch yourselves, for greatness and for height.

Be free all worthy spirits, and stretch yourselves, for greatness and for height.



The best way to accomplish something is to just do it, and then find the courage afterward.

The best way to accomplish something is to just do it, and then find the courage afterward.



Love is Natures second sun.

Love is Natures second sun.



Fair words never hurt the tongue.

Fair words never hurt the tongue.



Young men think old men are fools, but old men know young men are fools.

Young men think old men are fools, but old men know young men are fools.



Promise is most given when the least is said.

Promise is most given when the least is said.





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Sir, I may not have been always a Christian, but I am very sure that I have been a gentleman.

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It is easy to say how we love new friends, and what we think of them, but words can never trace out all the fibers that knit us to the old.



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Online communities are an expression of loneliness.



You live in the present and you eliminate things that don't matter. You don't carry the burden of the past.

You live in the present and you eliminate things that don't matter. You don't carry the burden of the past.



every human activity, whether it be love, philosophy, art, or revolution, is carried on with a special intensity in Paris.

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But grant, the virtues of a temp'rate prime Bless with an age exempt from scorn or crime; An age that melts with unperceived decay, And glides in modest Innocence away

But grant, the virtues of a temp'rate prime Bless with an age exempt from scorn or crime; An age that melts with unperceived decay, And glides in modest Innocence away




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