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O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy
those who are well to do.
It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy
those who are well to do.
He found a city of bricks, he left one of marble.
He found a city of bricks, he left one of marble.
It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own
impetuosity.
It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own
impetuosity.
It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.
It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.
He enters the port with a full sail.
He enters the port with a full sail.
To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.
Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.