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Two i's company, three i's trumpery.
Two i's company, three i's trumpery.
A crowd of fellow-sufferers is a miserable kind of comfort.
[Lat., Maliuolum solacii genus est turba miserorum.]
A crowd of fellow-sufferers is a miserable kind of comfort.
[Lat., Maliuolum solacii genus est turba miserorum.]
And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars,
perceived the grace that was given unto me, read more
And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars,
perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave me and
Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto
the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.
Tell me thy company and I will tell thee what thou art.
Tell me thy company and I will tell thee what thou art.
We are in the same boat.
We are in the same boat.
[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.]
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.]
It takes two for a kiss
Only one for a sigh,
Twain by twain we marry
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It takes two for a kiss
Only one for a sigh,
Twain by twain we marry
One by one we die.
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.]
