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Whither goest thou?
[Lat., Quo vadis?]
Whither goest thou?
[Lat., Quo vadis?]
The shadow of a mighty name.
The shadow of a mighty name.
No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing
misfortune to another.
No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing
misfortune to another.
Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors.
A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors.
Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.
Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.
Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!
Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active
employment.
The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active
employment.
