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No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing
misfortune to another.
No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing
misfortune to another.
Pull downe your hatt on the winds side.
Pull downe your hatt on the winds side.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
The War is not don so long as my Enemy lives.
The War is not don so long as my Enemy lives.
We frolic while 'tis May.
We frolic while 'tis May.
My hair is grey, but not with years.
My hair is grey, but not with years.
Virtue alone is happiness below.
Virtue alone is happiness below.
Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.
Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.
Should anyone attempt to deceive you by false expressions, and
not be a true friend at heart, act in read more
Should anyone attempt to deceive you by false expressions, and
not be a true friend at heart, act in the same manner, and thus
art will defeat art. [If you would catch a man let him think he
is catching you.]
