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Dry bread at home is better then rost meate abroad.
Dry bread at home is better then rost meate abroad.
There are words and accents by which this grief can be assuaged,
and the disease in a great measure read more
There are words and accents by which this grief can be assuaged,
and the disease in a great measure removed.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
Whistle, and she'll come to you.
Whistle, and she'll come to you.
Twice does he live who can enjoy the remembrance of the past.
Twice does he live who can enjoy the remembrance of the past.
My high-blown pride
At length broke under me, and now has left me
Weary and old with read more
My high-blown pride
At length broke under me, and now has left me
Weary and old with service.
Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.
It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.