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Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe
councils.
[Lat., Potentiam cautis quam acribus consiliis tutius read more
Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe
councils.
[Lat., Potentiam cautis quam acribus consiliis tutius haberi.]
The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.
The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.
And Modesty, who, when she goes,
Is gone for ever.
And Modesty, who, when she goes,
Is gone for ever.
That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with
delight.
That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with
delight.
The wife is the key of the house.
The wife is the key of the house.
Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
