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Property has its duties as well as its rights.
Property has its duties as well as its rights.
Wouldst thou both eat thy cake and have it?
Wouldst thou both eat thy cake and have it?
When we have not what we love, we must love what we have.
[Fr., Quand on n'a pas ce read more
When we have not what we love, we must love what we have.
[Fr., Quand on n'a pas ce que l'on aime,
Il faut aimer ce que l'on a.]
My apple trees will never get across
And eat the cones under his pines, I tell him.
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My apple trees will never get across
And eat the cones under his pines, I tell him.
He only says, "Good fences make good neighbors."
What is dishonorably got, is dishonorably squandered.
[Lat., Male parta, male dilabuntur.]
What is dishonorably got, is dishonorably squandered.
[Lat., Male parta, male dilabuntur.]
The English, a spirited nation, claim the empire of the sea; the
French, a calmer nation, claim that of read more
The English, a spirited nation, claim the empire of the sea; the
French, a calmer nation, claim that of the air.
[Fr., Les Anglais, nation trop fiere
S'arrogent l'empire des mers;
Les Francais, nation legere,
S'emparent de celui des airs.]
Aspiration sees only one side of every question; possession,
many.
Aspiration sees only one side of every question; possession,
many.
It may be said of them [the Hollanders], as of the Spaniards,
that the sun never sets upon their read more
It may be said of them [the Hollanders], as of the Spaniards,
that the sun never sets upon their Dominions.
Of a rich man who was mean and niggardly, he said, "That man does
not possess his estate, but read more
Of a rich man who was mean and niggardly, he said, "That man does
not possess his estate, but his estate possesses him."