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“העז לומר את האמת; דבר אינו מצדיק את השקר.”
“בכל הארצות, המבט הוא צורה של שפה.”
“קח לעצמך פסק זמן, כדי לגמור מהר יותר.”
“אין אנו משיבים: 'מאוחר יותר' לבקשתו של חבר.”
“הסערות גורמות לאלונים להעמיק את שורשיהם.”
“Who says that fictions only and false hairBecome a verse? Is there in truth no beauty?Is all good structure in a winding stair?”
“Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, a box where sweets compacted lie.”
“Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.”
“Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright,The bridal of the earth and sky;The dew shall weep thy fall tonight,For thou must die.”
“Punishment is lame, but it comes.”
“Never was a miser a brave soul.”
“Storms make the oak grow deeper roots.”
“Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.”
“Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.”
“The resolved mind hath no cares.”
“Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy.”
“One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father.”
“Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love or life.”
“He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven.”
“None knows the weight of another's burden.”