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A City that parlies is half gotten.
A City that parlies is half gotten.
It often happens, that misery will follow a marriage when the
dowry is too large.
It often happens, that misery will follow a marriage when the
dowry is too large.
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]
An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
Forgiveness to the injured does belong,
But they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong.
Forgiveness to the injured does belong,
But they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong.
It is, I believe, better to restrain the passions of youth by a
sense of shame, and by conciliatory read more
It is, I believe, better to restrain the passions of youth by a
sense of shame, and by conciliatory means, than by fear.
When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.
When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.
