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The more violent the storm the sooner it is over.
The more violent the storm the sooner it is over.
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.
The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.
Jest not with the eye or with Religion.
Jest not with the eye or with Religion.
Power seldome grows old at Court.
Power seldome grows old at Court.
Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.
Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.
'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.
'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.
Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?
Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?
