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A friend should bear a friend's infirmities.
A friend should bear a friend's infirmities.
Good is the mora that makes all sure.
Good is the mora that makes all sure.
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
Let but the hours of idleness cease, and the bow of Cupid will
become broken and his torch extinguished.
Let but the hours of idleness cease, and the bow of Cupid will
become broken and his torch extinguished.
Look you! I myself am nearest to myself.
Look you! I myself am nearest to myself.
Hee that sendes a foole, means to follow him.
Hee that sendes a foole, means to follow him.
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
[Lat., In regione caecorum rex est luscus.]
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
[Lat., In regione caecorum rex est luscus.]
Dress drains our cellar dry,
And keeps our larder lean; puts out our fires
And introduces hunger, read more
Dress drains our cellar dry,
And keeps our larder lean; puts out our fires
And introduces hunger, frost, and woe,
Where peace and hospitality might reign.