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Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.
Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.
In the mouth of a bad dog fals often a good bone.
In the mouth of a bad dog fals often a good bone.
Fast bind, fast find--
A proverb never stale in thrifty mind.
Fast bind, fast find--
A proverb never stale in thrifty mind.
A people without history is like the wind on the buffalo grass.
A people without history is like the wind on the buffalo grass.
Consider not what may do, but what it will become you to do.
Consider not what may do, but what it will become you to do.
Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.
Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.
Who overcomes
By force, hath overcome but half his foe.
Who overcomes
By force, hath overcome but half his foe.
The drunkard is convicted by his praises of wine.
The drunkard is convicted by his praises of wine.
