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A fair face may make a foul bargain.
A fair face may make a foul bargain.
His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it.
His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it.
Let him be kept from paper, pen, and ink;
So may he cease to write, and learn to think.
Let him be kept from paper, pen, and ink;
So may he cease to write, and learn to think.
Patience revels in misfortunes.
Patience revels in misfortunes.
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
Love rules the court, the camp, the grove,
And men below and saints above,
For love is read more
Love rules the court, the camp, the grove,
And men below and saints above,
For love is heaven and heaven is love.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
An intemperate patient makes a harsh doctor.
An intemperate patient makes a harsh doctor.
He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he
might take the current sideways.
He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he
might take the current sideways.