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Two i's company, three i's trumpery.
Two i's company, three i's trumpery.
[Epicurus] says that you should rather have regard to the company
with whom you eat and drink, than to read more
[Epicurus] says that you should rather have regard to the company
with whom you eat and drink, than to what you eat and drink.
[Ante, inquit, cicumspiciendum est, cum quibos edas et bibas,
quam quid edas et bibas.]
It is a comfort to the miserable to have comrades in misfortune,
but it is a poor comfort after read more
It is a comfort to the miserable to have comrades in misfortune,
but it is a poor comfort after all.
Ah, savage company; but in the church
With saints, and in the taverns with the gluttons.
Ah, savage company; but in the church
With saints, and in the taverns with the gluttons.
Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among
foxes.
Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among
foxes.
A pleasure companion on a journey is as good as a carriage.
[Lat., Comes jucundus in via pro vehiculo read more
A pleasure companion on a journey is as good as a carriage.
[Lat., Comes jucundus in via pro vehiculo est.]
An agreeable companion on a journey is as good as a carriage.
An agreeable companion on a journey is as good as a carriage.
If it be honor in your wars to seem
The same you are not,--which, for your best ends,
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If it be honor in your wars to seem
The same you are not,--which, for your best ends,
You adopt your policy--how is it less or worse,
That it shall hold companionship in peace
With honour, as in war: since that to both
It stands in like request?
No possession is gratifying without a companion.
[Lat., Nullius boni sine sociis jucunda possessio est.]
No possession is gratifying without a companion.
[Lat., Nullius boni sine sociis jucunda possessio est.]
