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The brave or the fortunate can afford to laugh at envy.
The brave or the fortunate can afford to laugh at envy.
But why pursue the common tale?
Or wherefore show how knights prevail,
When ladies dare to hear?
But why pursue the common tale?
Or wherefore show how knights prevail,
When ladies dare to hear?
In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by
fire.
In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by
fire.
Who could be happy and alone or good?
Who could be happy and alone or good?
Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily
propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely
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Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily
propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely
circulated.
Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.
Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.
He whom the gods love dies young, whilst he is full of health,
perception, and judgment.
[Lat., Quem read more
He whom the gods love dies young, whilst he is full of health,
perception, and judgment.
[Lat., Quem dii diligunt,
Adolescens moritur, dum valet, sentit, sapit.]
Eloquence enough, but little wisdom.
Eloquence enough, but little wisdom.
The table robbes more then a thiefe.
The table robbes more then a thiefe.
