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Life ain't all beer and skittles.
Life ain't all beer and skittles.
I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]
I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]
He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his
love of possessing wealth.
He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his
love of possessing wealth.
An undying hatred, and a wound never to be healed.
An undying hatred, and a wound never to be healed.
What one day gives us, another takes away from us.
What one day gives us, another takes away from us.
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.]
Idle people have the least leisure.
Idle people have the least leisure.
Idle men are the devil's playfellows.
Idle men are the devil's playfellows.
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
