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Goods are theirs that enjoy them.
Goods are theirs that enjoy them.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that read more
He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that licks his knife.]
The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
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The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
Are but gigantic flights of stairs.
Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
Love and a cough cannot be hid.
Love and a cough cannot be hid.
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.]
