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Where there are many counsellors there is safety.
Where there are many counsellors there is safety.
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.]
In a good house all is quickly ready.
In a good house all is quickly ready.
The rose that all are praising
Is not the rose for me.
The rose that all are praising
Is not the rose for me.
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some read more
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some dang'rous taint they bear;
So roses grow on thorns, and honey wears a sting.
Be not for ever harassed by impotent desire.
Be not for ever harassed by impotent desire.
Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.
Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.
Every mile is two in winter.
Every mile is two in winter.
Pride is innate in beauty, and haughtiness is the companion of
the fair.
Pride is innate in beauty, and haughtiness is the companion of
the fair.
