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What one day gives us, another takes away from us.
What one day gives us, another takes away from us.
Simple is the language of truth.
Simple is the language of truth.
To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.
To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.
A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.
An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.
Consider well what your shoulders are able to bear.
Consider well what your shoulders are able to bear.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
From the midst of the very fountain of pleasure, something of
bitterness arises to vex us in the flower read more
From the midst of the very fountain of pleasure, something of
bitterness arises to vex us in the flower of enjoyment.
To a gratefull man give mony when he askes.
To a gratefull man give mony when he askes.
