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There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage.
There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage.
After a bad harvest sow again. [Yield not to difficulties.]
After a bad harvest sow again. [Yield not to difficulties.]
The whole race of scribblers flies from the town and yearns for
country life.
The whole race of scribblers flies from the town and yearns for
country life.
Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
Without danger we cannot get beyond danger.
Without danger we cannot get beyond danger.
She governs but she does not reign.
[Fr., Elle gouvernait, mais elle ne regnait pas.]
She governs but she does not reign.
[Fr., Elle gouvernait, mais elle ne regnait pas.]
Liars pay the penalty of their own misdeeds.
Liars pay the penalty of their own misdeeds.
That father perished at the stake
For tenets he would not forsake.
That father perished at the stake
For tenets he would not forsake.