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He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
By many indignities we come to dignities.
By many indignities we come to dignities.
The comforters head never akes.
The comforters head never akes.
Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.
Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.
Our fears vanish as the danger approaches.
Our fears vanish as the danger approaches.
He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause
for sorrow has arisen.
He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause
for sorrow has arisen.
Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
In man's most dark extremity
Oft succor dawns from Heaven.
In man's most dark extremity
Oft succor dawns from Heaven.
Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
