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To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an
injustice in itself; to expect read more
To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an
injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the
unjust, is simple folly.
An intemperate patient makes a harsh doctor.
An intemperate patient makes a harsh doctor.
Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you
occupied.
Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you
occupied.
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
The secret wound still lives within the breast.
[Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]
The secret wound still lives within the breast.
[Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]
When his heart is glad
Of the full harvest, I will speak to him.
When his heart is glad
Of the full harvest, I will speak to him.
It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.
It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.
He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause
for sorrow has arisen.
He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause
for sorrow has arisen.
Unless your works lead to profit, vain is your glory in them.
Unless your works lead to profit, vain is your glory in them.
