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Idleness ruins the constitution.
Idleness ruins the constitution.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
He makes a great row but does nothing.
He makes a great row but does nothing.
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
Beware the fury of a patient man.
Beware the fury of a patient man.
Good habits result from resisting temptation.
Good habits result from resisting temptation.