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Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes,
And with a virtuous vizor hide deep vice!
Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes,
And with a virtuous vizor hide deep vice!
In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?
In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?
It is a great victory that comes without blood.
It is a great victory that comes without blood.
To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]
To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]
Good Americans when they die go to Paris.
Good Americans when they die go to Paris.
The human mind ever longs for occupation.
The human mind ever longs for occupation.
He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.
He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.
Lying lips are abomination to the Lord.
Lying lips are abomination to the Lord.
