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Goods are theirs that enjoy them.
Goods are theirs that enjoy them.
The way to good conduct is never too late.
The way to good conduct is never too late.
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
He that endures is not overcome.
He that endures is not overcome.
The bowl dispels corroding cares.
The bowl dispels corroding cares.
The more highminded a man is the more easily is his anger
appeased.
The more highminded a man is the more easily is his anger
appeased.
Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.