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 No blast of air or fire of sun
 Puts out the light whereby we run
  With girdled read more 
 No blast of air or fire of sun
 Puts out the light whereby we run
  With girdled loins our lamplit race,
   And each from each takes heart of grace
    And spirit till his turn be done. 
 Joy is a partnership,
 Grief weeps alone,
  Many guests had Cana;
   Gethsemane but one.  
 Joy is a partnership,
 Grief weeps alone,
  Many guests had Cana;
   Gethsemane but one. 
 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.] 
We are in the same boat.
We are in the same boat.
An agreeable companion on a journey is as good as a carriage.
An agreeable companion on a journey is as good as a carriage.
 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. 
 It is a comfort to the unfortunate to have companions in woe.
 [Lat., Solamen miseris socios habuisse doloris.]  
 It is a comfort to the unfortunate to have companions in woe.
 [Lat., Solamen miseris socios habuisse doloris.] 
 Like, according to the old proverb, naturally goes with like.
 [Lat., Pares autem vetere proverbio, cum paribus facillime 
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 Like, according to the old proverb, naturally goes with like.
 [Lat., Pares autem vetere proverbio, cum paribus facillime 
congregantur.] 
 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.