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We only appreciate the comforts of life in their loss.
We only appreciate the comforts of life in their loss.
Little wealth, little care.
Little wealth, little care.
Manners with Fortunes, Humours turn with Climes,
Tenets with Books, and Principles with Times.
Manners with Fortunes, Humours turn with Climes,
Tenets with Books, and Principles with Times.
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
It's absurd to warme one in his armour.
It's absurd to warme one in his armour.
Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?
Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?
Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher,
it goes ill with the pitcher.
Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher,
it goes ill with the pitcher.
Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]
Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]
The rust of the mind is the destruction of genius.
The rust of the mind is the destruction of genius.