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Fortune favors the brave.
[Lat., Fortes fortuna adjuvat.]
Fortune favors the brave.
[Lat., Fortes fortuna adjuvat.]
In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand
griefes prove.
In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand
griefes prove.
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
Nought so vile, that on the earth doth live,
But to the earth some special good cloth give.
Nought so vile, that on the earth doth live,
But to the earth some special good cloth give.
Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.
It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.
One ungrateful man injures all who need assistance.
One ungrateful man injures all who need assistance.
Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.
Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.
I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of
Arabia.
I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of
Arabia.
