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Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
Hee hath no leisure who useth it not.
Hee hath no leisure who useth it not.
From his silence a man's consent is inferred.
From his silence a man's consent is inferred.
Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
Such as she is, who died to-day,
Such thou alas! mayst be to-morrow.
Such as she is, who died to-day,
Such thou alas! mayst be to-morrow.
Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]
Every great house is full of saucy servants.
Every great house is full of saucy servants.
So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.
So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.
Good is god, but better carries it.
Good is god, but better carries it.