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It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.
[Lat., Pars sanitatis velle sanari fruit.]
It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.
[Lat., Pars sanitatis velle sanari fruit.]
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be read more
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be holp by backward turning;
One desperate grief cures with another's languish.
Gain, acquired by many agents, soon accumulates.
Gain, acquired by many agents, soon accumulates.
He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
Poor Peggy hawks nosegays from street to street
Till--think of that who find life so sweet!--
She read more
Poor Peggy hawks nosegays from street to street
Till--think of that who find life so sweet!--
She hates the smell of roses!
Honourable mention encourages science, and merit is fostered by
praise.
Honourable mention encourages science, and merit is fostered by
praise.
Dreading that climax of all earthly ills,
The inflammation of his weekly bills.
Dreading that climax of all earthly ills,
The inflammation of his weekly bills.
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
