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Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the
dinner.
Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the
dinner.
Go West, young man! Go West.
Go West, young man! Go West.
No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime.
No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime.
The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from
heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of read more
The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from
heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of those who covet nothing.
[Lat., Quanto quisque sibi plura negaverit,
A dis plura feret. Nil cupientium
Nudus castra peto.]
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
Jest not with the eye or with Religion.
Jest not with the eye or with Religion.
Dreading that climax of all earthly ills,
The inflammation of his weekly bills.
Dreading that climax of all earthly ills,
The inflammation of his weekly bills.
If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.
If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.
Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.
Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.
