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Many diseases may be cured by abstinence.
Many diseases may be cured by abstinence.
In an evil hour thou bring'st her home. [You are marrying a
shrew.]
In an evil hour thou bring'st her home. [You are marrying a
shrew.]
The mind still longs for what it has missed, and loses itself in
the contemplation of the past.
The mind still longs for what it has missed, and loses itself in
the contemplation of the past.
He who profits by a crime, commits it.
He who profits by a crime, commits it.
Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better
able to bear your own.
Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better
able to bear your own.
Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest.
Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest.
He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not.
He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not.
When in good health we easily give good advice to the sick.
When in good health we easily give good advice to the sick.
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the read more
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others,
dissatisfied with our own.]
