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Dispel the cold, bounteously replenishing the hearth with logs.
Dispel the cold, bounteously replenishing the hearth with logs.
Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.
Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
A third Cato has dropped from the skies.
A third Cato has dropped from the skies.
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
No one can keep a mask on long.
No one can keep a mask on long.
I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
[Lat., Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.]
I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
[Lat., Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.]
One murder made a villain,
Millions a hero.
One murder made a villain,
Millions a hero.
By hesitation the opportunity is often lost.
By hesitation the opportunity is often lost.