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• Every noble acquisition is attended with its risks; he who fears to encounter the one must not expect to obtain the other.
• If every man's internal care Were written on his brow, How many would our pity share Who raise our envy now?
• An old warrior is never in haste to strike the blow.
• High birth is an accident, not a virtue.
• The bee and the serpent often sip from the selfsame flower.
• The canker which the trunk conceals is revealed by the leaves, the fruit, or the flower.
• If our inward griefs were seen written on our brow, how many would be pitied who are now envied! [It., Se a…
• Prepare thy soul calmly to obey; such offering will be more acceptable to God than every other sacrifice.
• Sharp and fell remorse, the offspring of my sin! Why do you, O God, lacerate my heart so late? Why, O boding…
• How full of error is the judgment of mankind! They wonder at results when they are ignorant of the reasons
• Love is a feeling that comes into our hearts of our own choice for neither force nor harshness can limit the heart's…

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