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There are more men threatned then stricken.
There are more men threatned then stricken.
Good hope is often beguiled by her own augury.
Good hope is often beguiled by her own augury.
Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
He makes no friend who never made a foe.
He makes no friend who never made a foe.
The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from
heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of read more
The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from
heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of those who covet nothing.
[Lat., Quanto quisque sibi plura negaverit,
A dis plura feret. Nil cupientium
Nudus castra peto.]
Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget
it.
Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget
it.