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Experience teaches.
[Lat., Experientia docet.]
Experience teaches.
[Lat., Experientia docet.]
Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.
Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.
Know how sublime a thing it is
To suffer and be strong.
Know how sublime a thing it is
To suffer and be strong.
There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
It often happens, that misery will follow a marriage when the
dowry is too large.
It often happens, that misery will follow a marriage when the
dowry is too large.
Love and businesse teach eloquence.
Love and businesse teach eloquence.
A drunkards purse is a bottle.
A drunkards purse is a bottle.
To counsel others, and to disregard one's own safety, is folly.
To counsel others, and to disregard one's own safety, is folly.
It is success that colours all in life,
Success makes fools admir'd, makes villains honest.
It is success that colours all in life,
Success makes fools admir'd, makes villains honest.