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A fair face may make a foul bargain.
A fair face may make a foul bargain.
Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
Patience revels in misfortunes.
Patience revels in misfortunes.
The more highminded a man is the more easily is his anger
appeased.
The more highminded a man is the more easily is his anger
appeased.
In the end truth will out.
In the end truth will out.
The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]
The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]
If the destructive dice-box has pleasures for the father, the son
will be a gambler.
If the destructive dice-box has pleasures for the father, the son
will be a gambler.
Old praise dies, unlesse you feede it.
Old praise dies, unlesse you feede it.
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
