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No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.
No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.
Life like an empty dream flits by.
Life like an empty dream flits by.
We are deceived by the semblance of what is just.
We are deceived by the semblance of what is just.
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whoever is
deceived thereby is not wise.
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whoever is
deceived thereby is not wise.
Come, come, good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well
used. Exclaim no more against it.
Come, come, good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well
used. Exclaim no more against it.
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
The more violent the storm the sooner it is over.
The more violent the storm the sooner it is over.
