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Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.
Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.
To buy deare is not bounty.
To buy deare is not bounty.
The good refrain from sin from the pure love of virtue.
The good refrain from sin from the pure love of virtue.
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
Gluttony kills more then the sword.
[Gluttony kills more than the sword.]
Gluttony kills more then the sword.
[Gluttony kills more than the sword.]
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
The habitual living in prosperity is most injurious.
The habitual living in prosperity is most injurious.
It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy
those who are well to do.
It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy
those who are well to do.
That which never has been, never is, and never will be.
That which never has been, never is, and never will be.
