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If things look badly to-day they may look better tomorrow.
If things look badly to-day they may look better tomorrow.
A word once spoken cannot be recalled.
A word once spoken cannot be recalled.
A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.
A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.
Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
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.]
'Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.
'Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.
Bring in great logs and let them lie
To make a solid core of heat.
Bring in great logs and let them lie
To make a solid core of heat.
The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification
being deferred.
The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification
being deferred.
The death of wolves is the safety of the sheep.
The death of wolves is the safety of the sheep.
