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Nature made the fields and man the cities.
Nature made the fields and man the cities.
All griefes with bread are lesse.
All griefes with bread are lesse.
Man's extremity is God's opportunity.
Man's extremity is God's opportunity.
A greater liar than the Parthians.
A greater liar than the Parthians.
There is no man, though never so little, but sometimes he can
hurt.
There is no man, though never so little, but sometimes he can
hurt.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, read more
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, exclaims, "Thou wast my
only one!"
Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.
Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.
