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If we cannot do what we want, we must do what we can.
If we cannot do what we want, we must do what we can.
Great men have reaching hands.
Great men have reaching hands.
Much spends the traveller, more then the abider.
Much spends the traveller, more then the abider.
When your throat is parched with thirst, do you desire a cup of
gold?
When your throat is parched with thirst, do you desire a cup of
gold?
No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en.
In brief, sir, study what you most effect.
No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en.
In brief, sir, study what you most effect.
The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]
The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]
It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a
sad thing to read more
It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a
sad thing to be grieved when grief can do no good.
Water trotted is as good as oates.
Water trotted is as good as oates.
The dog that licks ashes, trust not with meale.
The dog that licks ashes, trust not with meale.
