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One flower makes no garland.
One flower makes no garland.
Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.
Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
He gives twice who gives quickly.
[Lat., Bis dat qui cito dat.]
- credited to Publius read more
He gives twice who gives quickly.
[Lat., Bis dat qui cito dat.]
- credited to Publius Syrus Mimus,
In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions.
In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions.
We should all endure our own grievances rather than detract from
the comforts of others.
We should all endure our own grievances rather than detract from
the comforts of others.
Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze.
Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze.
Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
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Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
To scorn delights, and live laborious days;
But the fair guerdon when we hope to find,
And think to burst out into sudden blaze,
Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears,
And slits the thin-spun life.