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All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and. . . you don't win the favor of the ancient read more
All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and. . . you don't win the favor of the ancient gods by being good, but by being bold.
Once during Prohibition I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water.
Once during Prohibition I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water.
Always rise from the table with an appetite, and you will never sit down without one.
Always rise from the table with an appetite, and you will never sit down without one.
It is difficult to talk and to do yogic breathing exercises
at the same time. Kissing, talking, eating, breathing..
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It is difficult to talk and to do yogic breathing exercises
at the same time. Kissing, talking, eating, breathing..
must drive carefully in each others' corridors.
To accept a favor is to sell one's freedom.
[Lat., Beneficium accipere, libertatem est vendere.]
To accept a favor is to sell one's freedom.
[Lat., Beneficium accipere, libertatem est vendere.]
All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
No free man will ask as favor, what he can not claim as reward.
[Lat., Neutiquam officium liberi esse read more
No free man will ask as favor, what he can not claim as reward.
[Lat., Neutiquam officium liberi esse hominis puto
Cum is nihil promereat, postulare id gratiae apponi sibi.]
To accept a favor is to forfeit liberty.
To accept a favor is to forfeit liberty.
To refuse graciously is to confer a favor.
To refuse graciously is to confer a favor.
