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The more skilful the gambler, the worse the man.
The more skilful the gambler, the worse the man.
Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover.
Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out
of thy sleep?
Yet a little read more
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out
of thy sleep?
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the
hands to sleep:
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth,
and thy want as an armed man.
Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]
Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]
Old men go to Death, Death comes to Young men.
Old men go to Death, Death comes to Young men.
Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.
Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.