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Nothing pleases which is not freshened by variety.
Nothing pleases which is not freshened by variety.
But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!
But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!
Reunion after long separation is even better than one's wedding night.
Reunion after long separation is even better than one's wedding night.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
A dog won't forsake his master because of his poverty; a son never deserts his mother for her homely appearance.
A dog won't forsake his master because of his poverty; a son never deserts his mother for her homely appearance.
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]
Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.
Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.
Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?
Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?
The fire, with well-dried logs supplied,
Went roaring up the chimney wide.
The fire, with well-dried logs supplied,
Went roaring up the chimney wide.
