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The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes
nothing to him but a little mony.
The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes
nothing to him but a little mony.
The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
[Lat., Calamitosus est animus futuri anxius.]
The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
[Lat., Calamitosus est animus futuri anxius.]
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.]
He found a city of bricks, he left one of marble.
He found a city of bricks, he left one of marble.
Not even the gods can withstand necessity.
Not even the gods can withstand necessity.
Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.
Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.
He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.