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He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others.
[Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.]
He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others.
[Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.]
A woman conceales what shee knowes not.
A woman conceales what shee knowes not.
Faire language grates not the tongue.
Faire language grates not the tongue.
Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.
The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.
He shall find the rugged thistle bursting
Into glossy purples, that outredden
All voluptuous garden roses.
He shall find the rugged thistle bursting
Into glossy purples, that outredden
All voluptuous garden roses.
Happy the man who, removed from all cares of business, after the
manner of his forefathers cultivates with his read more
Happy the man who, removed from all cares of business, after the
manner of his forefathers cultivates with his own team his
paternal acres, freed from all thought of usury.
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
The death of wolves is the safety of the sheep.
The death of wolves is the safety of the sheep.
