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A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
Enjoy in happiness the pleasures which each hour brings with it.
Enjoy in happiness the pleasures which each hour brings with it.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
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.]
Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind.
[Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.]
Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind.
[Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.]
To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.
To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.
Who eates his cock alone must saddle his horse alone.
Who eates his cock alone must saddle his horse alone.
He that is at ease seekes dainties.
He that is at ease seekes dainties.
Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.
Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.
