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Archive 8
Epigrams succeed where epics fail. ——Persian proverb
The nature of all men is so formed that they see and discriminate in the affairs of others, much better than in their own. ——Terence
The Moving Finger writes; and having writ, Moves on: nor all your Piety nor WitShall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it. ——Omar Khayyam
The more a man denies himself, the more shall he obtain from God. ——Horace
Man is certainly stark mad; he cannot make a flea, and yet he will be making gods by dozens. ——Montaigne
I cannot tell how the truth may be;I say the tale as ‘twas said to me. ——Scottish lay
See one mountain, see them all. ——Socrates
Get your facts first, and then you cans distort ‘em as much as you please. ——Mark Twain
It is the grossness of the spectator that discovers nothing but grossness in the subject. ——Hazlitt
Adversity makes men remember God. ——Livy
Blow, blow, thou winter wind; thou art not so unkind as man’s ingratitude. ——Shakespeare
It is respectable to have no illusions and safe and profitable and dull. ——Joseph Conrad
A little learning is a dangerous thing. Drink deep from the Pierian spring, there shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, while drinking largely sobers us again. ——Alexander Pope
Great works are performed not by strength but by Perseverance. ——Samuel Johnson
The more a man denies himself, the more shall he obtain from God. ——Horace
Words, as is well known, are the great foes of reality. ——Joseph Conrad
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