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Step after step the ladder is ascended.
Step after step the ladder is ascended.
Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.
Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.
The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in
horses is to be found the read more
The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in
horses is to be found the excellence of their sire; nor do savage
eagles produce a peaceful dove.
[Lat., Fortes creantur fortibus et bonis;
Est in juvenis, est in equibus patrum
Virtus; nee imbellem feroces
Progenerant aquilae columbam.]
To weepe for joy is a kinde of Manna.
To weepe for joy is a kinde of Manna.
Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
Of faire things, the Autumne is faire.
Of faire things, the Autumne is faire.
As many men, so many opinions.
As many men, so many opinions.
Happy the man who, removed from all cares of business, after the
manner of his forefathers cultivates with his read more
Happy the man who, removed from all cares of business, after the
manner of his forefathers cultivates with his own team his
paternal acres, freed from all thought of usury.
If the braine sowes not corne, it plants thistles.
If the braine sowes not corne, it plants thistles.
