No one who cannot limit himself has ever been able to write.
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Of all the creatures that creep, swim, or fly, Peopling the earth, the waters, and the sky, From Rome to Iceland, Paris to Japan, I really think the greatest fool is man.
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If your descent is from heroic sires, Show in your life a remnant of their fires.
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Honor is like an island, rugged and without a beach, once we have left it, we can never return.
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In spite of every sage whom Greece can show, Unerring wisdom never dwelt below Folly in all of every age we see, The only difference lies in the degree.
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