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Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age,
nor the advance of death, which cannot be read more
Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age,
nor the advance of death, which cannot be resisted.
Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]
Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]
Dally not with mony or women.
Dally not with mony or women.
Desiring things widely different for their various tastes.
Desiring things widely different for their various tastes.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
She is kept alive on the milk of asses which she takes with her
wherever she goes.
She is kept alive on the milk of asses which she takes with her
wherever she goes.
The property of others is always more inviting than our own; and
that which we ourselves possess is most read more
The property of others is always more inviting than our own; and
that which we ourselves possess is most pleasing to others.
For over-warmth, if false, is worse than truth.
For over-warmth, if false, is worse than truth.
