Everything has a beauty peculiar to itself; but if you put one instead of another, the most beautiful becomes ugly, because it is not in its proper place.
Original text (Ancient Greek)
Original text (Ancient Greek)
When once a dog has taken to gnawing your shoes, you can never break him of the habit.
Ignorance is a dreadful thing and has caused no end of damage to the human race.
The effort only shifted me from the frying-pan into the fire.
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