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He gives twice who gives quickly.
[Lat., Bis dat qui cito dat.]
- credited to Publius read more
He gives twice who gives quickly.
[Lat., Bis dat qui cito dat.]
- credited to Publius Syrus Mimus,
Little we heed the tempest drear,
While music, mirth, and social cheer,
Speed on their wings the read more
Little we heed the tempest drear,
While music, mirth, and social cheer,
Speed on their wings the passing year.
We are not born for ourselves alone.
We are not born for ourselves alone.
Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
Now o'er his tomb and happy ashes will not violets spring?
Now o'er his tomb and happy ashes will not violets spring?
One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.
One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.
The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.
An Asse endures his burden, but not more then his burden.
An Asse endures his burden, but not more then his burden.