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Vnder water, famine; under snow, bread.
Vnder water, famine; under snow, bread.
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
Who teacheth often learns himself.
Who teacheth often learns himself.
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto
those that be of heavy hearts.
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto
those that be of heavy hearts.
Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the
mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like read more
Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the
mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like bats, about
your fretted roofs.
They have learnt life's lessons.
They have learnt life's lessons.
There are words and accents by which this grief can be assuaged,
and the disease in a great measure read more
There are words and accents by which this grief can be assuaged,
and the disease in a great measure removed.
A hand may first, and then a lip be kiss'd.
A hand may first, and then a lip be kiss'd.
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.]
