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Fortune favors the brave.
[Lat., Fortes fortuna adjuvat.]
Fortune favors the brave.
[Lat., Fortes fortuna adjuvat.]
Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public.
Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public.
Our sincerest laughter
With some pain is fraught:
Our sweetest songs are those which tell of saddest read more
Our sincerest laughter
With some pain is fraught:
Our sweetest songs are those which tell of saddest thought.
It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.
It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.
The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from
heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of read more
The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from
heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of those who covet nothing.
[Lat., Quanto quisque sibi plura negaverit,
A dis plura feret. Nil cupientium
Nudus castra peto.]
In life you lov'd me not, in death you bewaile me.
In life you lov'd me not, in death you bewaile me.
This is the real secret of all that indignation.
This is the real secret of all that indignation.
For a morning raine leave not your journey.
For a morning raine leave not your journey.
