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In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.
In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.
The back-doore robs the house.
The back-doore robs the house.
We are slow to believe that which, if true, would grieve us.
We are slow to believe that which, if true, would grieve us.
He who would not be indolent, let him fall in love.
He who would not be indolent, let him fall in love.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Wise men ne'er wail their present woes.
Wise men ne'er wail their present woes.
A sly piece of good luck, which nobody knows of is delightful.
A sly piece of good luck, which nobody knows of is delightful.
A flatterers throat is an open Sepulcher.
A flatterers throat is an open Sepulcher.
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.]