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The wife is the key of the house.
The wife is the key of the house.
What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?
What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?
Every madman considers everyone else a madman.
Every madman considers everyone else a madman.
Is it not sheer madness to live poor to die rich?
Is it not sheer madness to live poor to die rich?
We take no note of time
But from its loss.
We take no note of time
But from its loss.
It is easy to be wise after the event.
It is easy to be wise after the event.
God has joined the innocent with the guilty.
God has joined the innocent with the guilty.
The devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape.
The devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape.
The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
[Lat., Calamitosus est animus futuri anxius.]
The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
[Lat., Calamitosus est animus futuri anxius.]
