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It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a
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It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a
sad thing to be grieved when grief can do no good.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can
be successful without being envied read more
It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can
be successful without being envied and hated.]
He who fears his servants is less than a servant.
He who fears his servants is less than a servant.
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]
Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]
'Tis very certain the desire of life
Prolongs it.
'Tis very certain the desire of life
Prolongs it.
The grief of an heir is only masked laughter.
The grief of an heir is only masked laughter.
He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.
He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
