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• He who adds not to his learning diminishes it. -- The Talmud
• Never join with your friend when he abuses his horse or his wife, unless the one is about to be sold, and the other to be buried.
  -- Colto...
• Gave His body to that pleasant country's earth, And his pure soul unto his captain Christ, Under whose colours he had fought so long.
  -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Richard II -- Act iv, Sc. 1...
• Every man is apt to form his notions of things difficult to be apprehended, or less familiar, from their analogy to things which are more familiar.
  Thus, if a man bred to the seafaring life, and accustomed to think and talk only of matters relating to navigation, enters into discourse upon any other subjec...
• And though he promise to his loss, He makes his promise good. -- Tate and Brady -- xv, 5
• Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompense as largely send
  He gave to mis'ry (all he had) a tear, He gained from Heav'n ('t was all he wish'd) a friend....
• As he brews, so shall he drink. -- Ben Jonson (1573-1637) -- Every Man in his Humour, Act ii, Sc.
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• He gave his honours to the world again, His blessed part to heaven, and slept in peace.
  -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Henry VIII -- Act iv, Sc. 2...
• My main reason for adopting literature as a profession was that, as the author is never seen by his clients, he need not dress respectably.
  -- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)...