The Book of Quotations - I

Page VI



The superior man is distressed by the want of ability.
- Confucius



It is a great ability to conceal one's ability.
- La Rochefoucauld



Absence makes the heart grow fonder, 
Isle of beauty, fare thee well!
- Thomas Haynes



Life is jest, and all things show it;
I thought so once, but now I know it.
- John Gay






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