It is possible to believe that all the past is but the beginning of a beginning, and that all that is and has been is but the twilight of the dawn. It is possible to believe that all the human mind has ever accomplished is but the dream before the awakening.


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When once thy foot enters the church, be bare. God is more there than thou: for thou art there ...
GEORGE HERBERT
Prosperity lets goe the bridle. [Prosperity lets go the bridle.]
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A morning sunne, and a wine-bred child, and a latin-bred woman, seldome end well. [A morning sun ...
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Stay a little and news will find you.
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Listen, sweet Dove, unto my song, And spread thy golden wings in me; Hatching my tender heart ...
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Laugh not too much; the witty man laughs least: For wit is news only to ignorance. Lesse at th...
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Better never begin than never make an end.
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By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear. Dare to look in...
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In solitude, be a multitude to thyself. Tibullus by all means use sometimes to be alone.
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Dare to be true: nothing can need a lie; A fault which needs it most, grows two thereby.
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Better a bare foote then none. [Better a barefoot than none.]
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Woe be to him that reads but one book.
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Storms make the oak grow deeper roots.
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Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whate...
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Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie: a fault which needs it most, grows two thereby.
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None knows the weight of another's burden.
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War makes thieves and peace hangs them.
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Love and a cough cannot be hid.
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Life is half spent before we know what it is.
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The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.
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Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love or life.
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The offender never pardons.
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Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.
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The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
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He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever re...
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If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him.
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A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.
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Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, a box where sweets compacted lie.
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Good words are worth much, and cost little.
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There would be no great men if there were no little ones.
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