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'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.
'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.
Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
Laughter holding both his sides.
Laughter holding both his sides.
Perhaps the day may come when we shall remember these sufferings
with joy.
Perhaps the day may come when we shall remember these sufferings
with joy.
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
Neither bribe nor loose thy right.
Neither bribe nor loose thy right.
He who spares the wicked injures the good.
He who spares the wicked injures the good.
Poverty is the mother of health.
Poverty is the mother of health.
Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.
Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.
