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Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.
Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.
In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.
In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!
I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!
A Marchant that gaines not, looseth.
A Marchant that gaines not, looseth.
With men all is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
With men all is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
A bellowing cow soon forgets her calf.
A bellowing cow soon forgets her calf.
In doing nothing men learn to do evil.
In doing nothing men learn to do evil.
