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The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
[Lat., Calamitosus est animus futuri anxius.]
The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
[Lat., Calamitosus est animus futuri anxius.]
The more violent the storm the sooner it is over.
The more violent the storm the sooner it is over.
It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy
those who are well to do.
It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy
those who are well to do.
Never was anything so inconsistent.
Never was anything so inconsistent.
You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.
Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a
fall.
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a
fall.
With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye.
With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye.
The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification
being deferred.
The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification
being deferred.