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A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
Check the beginning of evil; the remedy is too late when the
disease by delay has increased in strength.
Check the beginning of evil; the remedy is too late when the
disease by delay has increased in strength.
(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.
(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.
Do not fear going forward slowly; fear only to stand still.
Do not fear going forward slowly; fear only to stand still.
When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
The face, not the woman is the attraction.
The face, not the woman is the attraction.
'Tis very certain the desire of life
Prolongs it.
'Tis very certain the desire of life
Prolongs it.
