Shadow owes its birth to light.

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By ignorance is pride increased; Those most assume who know the least

By ignorance is pride increased; Those most assume who know the least

I know you lawyers can, with ease, twist words and meanings as you please

I know you lawyers can, with ease, twist words and meanings as you please

On the choice of friends, Our good or evil name depends.

On the choice of friends, Our good or evil name depends.

Fools may our scorn, not envy, raise. For envy is a kind of praise.

Fools may our scorn, not envy, raise. For envy is a kind of praise.

She who has never loved has never lived.

She who has never loved has never lived.

We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the...

We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the...

'While there is life, there's hope,' he cried; 'Then why such haste?' so groaned and...

'While there is life, there's hope,' he cried; 'Then why such haste?' so groaned and...

We only part to meet again.

We only part to meet again.

Those who in quarrels interpose, must often wipe a bloody nose.

Those who in quarrels interpose, must often wipe a bloody nose.

What then in love can woman do? If we grow fond they shun us. And...

What then in love can woman do? If we grow fond they shun us. And...

To cheat a man is nothing; but the woman must have fine parts, indeed, who...

To cheat a man is nothing; but the woman must have fine parts, indeed, who...

O Polly, you might have toyed and kissed, by keeping men off, you keep them...

O Polly, you might have toyed and kissed, by keeping men off, you keep them...

Praising all alike, is praising none

Praising all alike, is praising none

An open foe may prove a curse, but a pretended friend is worse.

An open foe may prove a curse, but a pretended friend is worse.

When we risk no contradiction, it prompts the tongue to deal in fiction

When we risk no contradiction, it prompts the tongue to deal in fiction

There is no dependence that can be sure but a dependence upon one's self.

There is no dependence that can be sure but a dependence upon one's self.

'While there is life, there's hope,' he cried; 'Then why such haste?' so groaned and...

'While there is life, there's hope,' he cried; 'Then why such haste?' so groaned and...

I don't want people kissing my butt. If I had a bad show and I...

I don't want people kissing my butt. If I had a bad show and I...

Hatred is never ended by hatred but by love

Hatred is never ended by hatred but by love

Know this: though love is weak and hate is strong, Yet hate is short, and...

Know this: though love is weak and hate is strong, Yet hate is short, and...

Youth is easily deceived, because it is quick to hope.

Youth is easily deceived, because it is quick to hope.

In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular

In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular