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It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.
It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.
The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.
The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.
He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his
love of possessing wealth.
He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his
love of possessing wealth.
Better suffer ill, then doe ill.
Better suffer ill, then doe ill.
From his silence a man's consent is inferred.
From his silence a man's consent is inferred.
Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed read more
Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at once,
and seek again that which he despised.
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
The mountains are in labour, the birth will be an absurd little
mouse.
The mountains are in labour, the birth will be an absurd little
mouse.
In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions.
In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions.
