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One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.
One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind.
[Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.]
Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind.
[Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.]
War should neither be feared nor provoked.
War should neither be feared nor provoked.
They condemn that which they cannot comprehend.
They condemn that which they cannot comprehend.
A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own
heart, his next to escape the read more
A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own
heart, his next to escape the censures of the world.
Life like an empty dream flits by.
Life like an empty dream flits by.
Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
As with a little girl playing with her nurse, the toy which she
eagerly sought she soon tires of read more
As with a little girl playing with her nurse, the toy which she
eagerly sought she soon tires of and discards.
