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Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.
Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.
For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite
The man, that mocks at it, and sets it light.
For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite
The man, that mocks at it, and sets it light.
The world itself is too small for the covetous.
The world itself is too small for the covetous.
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
No one delights more in revenge than a woman.
No one delights more in revenge than a woman.
We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and
heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those read more
We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and
heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those which are afar
off.
A kindness spontaneously offered to him who needs it, is doubly
gratifying.
A kindness spontaneously offered to him who needs it, is doubly
gratifying.
Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered
together.
Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered
together.
