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A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.
A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.
Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.
If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.
Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp'd,
Doth burn the heart to cinders, where it is.
Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp'd,
Doth burn the heart to cinders, where it is.
No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble
about.
No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble
about.
To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a
fool.
[Lat., Cujusvis read more
To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a
fool.
[Lat., Cujusvis hominis est errare, nullius nisi insipientis in
errore perseverare.]
No herb can remedy the anguish of love.
No herb can remedy the anguish of love.
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit
drieth the bones.
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit
drieth the bones.
No mortal man is wise at all times.
No mortal man is wise at all times.