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Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
Blood is thicker than water.
Blood is thicker than water.
No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en.
In brief, sir, study what you most effect.
No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en.
In brief, sir, study what you most effect.
He, who will not pardon others, must not himself expect pardon.
He, who will not pardon others, must not himself expect pardon.
Idleness induces caprice.
Idleness induces caprice.
The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.
The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.
Foolish tongues talke by the dozen.
Foolish tongues talke by the dozen.
A brute without a single redeeming point.
A brute without a single redeeming point.
Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the
unfortunate.
Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the
unfortunate.
