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He who gets the better of an irascible temperament conquers his
worst enemy.
He who gets the better of an irascible temperament conquers his
worst enemy.
Honour without profit is a ring on the finger.
Honour without profit is a ring on the finger.
Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into read more
Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into sin!
The peasant thanked her with their tears,
When food and clothes were given;
"This is a joy," read more
The peasant thanked her with their tears,
When food and clothes were given;
"This is a joy," the lady said,
"Saints cannot taste in heaven."
Who eates his cock alone must saddle his horse alone.
Who eates his cock alone must saddle his horse alone.
It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge.
It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge.
The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.
The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.
[Lat., Pars sanitatis velle sanari fruit.]
It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.
[Lat., Pars sanitatis velle sanari fruit.]
