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The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]
The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]
A blustering night, a faire day.
A blustering night, a faire day.
Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public.
Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public.
The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.
The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.
No greater grief than to remember days
Of joy when misery is at hand.
No greater grief than to remember days
Of joy when misery is at hand.
He follows his father, but with shorter strides.
He follows his father, but with shorter strides.
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
At lovers' perjuries,
They say Jove laughs.
At lovers' perjuries,
They say Jove laughs.
Nor has he lived in vain, who from his cradle to his grave has
passed his life in seclusion.
Nor has he lived in vain, who from his cradle to his grave has
passed his life in seclusion.
