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The same dish cooked over and over again wears out the irksome
life of the teacher.
The same dish cooked over and over again wears out the irksome
life of the teacher.
Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
Think nought a trifle, though it small appear;
Small sands the mountain, moments make the year,
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Think nought a trifle, though it small appear;
Small sands the mountain, moments make the year,
And trifles life.
Better late than never.
[Lat., Potius sero quam nunquam.]
Better late than never.
[Lat., Potius sero quam nunquam.]
The mind still longs for what it has missed, and loses itself in
the contemplation of the past.
The mind still longs for what it has missed, and loses itself in
the contemplation of the past.
A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
Miseries of which I was an eye witness and in which I took a
chief part.
Miseries of which I was an eye witness and in which I took a
chief part.
The gentle Hawke halfe mans her selfe.
The gentle Hawke halfe mans her selfe.
There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.