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This victory will be your I ruin.
This victory will be your I ruin.
In every country dogges bite.
In every country dogges bite.
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
Wo be to him that reads but one book.
Wo be to him that reads but one book.
Wisely, I say, I am a bachelor.
Wisely, I say, I am a bachelor.
The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]
The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.
The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.
As the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
As the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
