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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most
delighted.
None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most
delighted.
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
He whom the gods love dies young, whilst he is full of health,
perception, and judgment.
[Lat., Quem read more
He whom the gods love dies young, whilst he is full of health,
perception, and judgment.
[Lat., Quem dii diligunt,
Adolescens moritur, dum valet, sentit, sapit.]
If fooles should not foole it, they shall lose their season.
If fooles should not foole it, they shall lose their season.
Hee that lookes not before, finds himselfe behind.
Hee that lookes not before, finds himselfe behind.
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
It's good walking with a horse in ones hand.
It's good walking with a horse in ones hand.
