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The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means read more
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means of attack, the other as a means
of defence.
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.]
There is no disputing about taste.
[Lat., De gustibus non disputandum.]
There is no disputing about taste.
[Lat., De gustibus non disputandum.]
The goddess was discovered by her gait.
The goddess was discovered by her gait.
Greene wood makes a hott fire.
Greene wood makes a hott fire.
Love and life are for to-day.
Love and life are for to-day.
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
Hee hath no leisure who useth it not.
Hee hath no leisure who useth it not.
When the tree is fallen, all goe with their hatchet.
When the tree is fallen, all goe with their hatchet.
