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Had you the world on your Chesse-bord, you could not fill all to
your mind.
Had you the world on your Chesse-bord, you could not fill all to
your mind.
I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.
I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.
Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
The weakest goes to the wall.
The weakest goes to the wall.
He follows his father, but with shorter strides.
He follows his father, but with shorter strides.
They do not love that do not show their love.
They do not love that do not show their love.
Comparisons are odious.
Comparisons are odious.
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
