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It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can
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It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can
be successful without being envied and hated.]
To taste many things bespeaks but a poor appetite. [To engage in
a multiplicity of studies shows but a read more
To taste many things bespeaks but a poor appetite. [To engage in
a multiplicity of studies shows but a weak mind.]
Whatever charm thou hast, be charming.
Whatever charm thou hast, be charming.
He that can make a fire well, can end a quarrell.
He that can make a fire well, can end a quarrell.
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.
In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.
Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
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Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
She either gives a stomach and no food--
Such are the poor, in health--or else a feast
And takes away the stomach-- such are the rich,
That have abundance, and enjoy it not.
