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Patience is the remedy for every misfortune.
Patience is the remedy for every misfortune.
It is a kingly act to help the fallen.
It is a kingly act to help the fallen.
The sharper is the berry, the sweeter is the wine.
The sharper is the berry, the sweeter is the wine.
What is the sin which is not
Sin in itself? Can circumstance make sin
Or virtue?
What is the sin which is not
Sin in itself? Can circumstance make sin
Or virtue?
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]
By many indignities we come to dignities.
By many indignities we come to dignities.
Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.
Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.
But men are men; the best sometimes forget.
But men are men; the best sometimes forget.