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Living well is the best revenge.
Living well is the best revenge.
Behold him in conceited circles sail,
Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,
In all his pomp read more
Behold him in conceited circles sail,
Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,
In all his pomp of pageantry, as if
He felt the eyes of Europe on his tail.
To a great night, a great Lanthorne.
To a great night, a great Lanthorne.
The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]
The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]
In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to
their fellow creatures.
In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to
their fellow creatures.
One ungrateful man injures all who need assistance.
One ungrateful man injures all who need assistance.
The tongue walkes where the teeth speede not.
The tongue walkes where the teeth speede not.
Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed read more
Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at once,
and seek again that which he despised.
The grief of an heir is only masked laughter.
The grief of an heir is only masked laughter.