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Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
[Lat., Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insania.]
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
[Lat., Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insania.]
Promising is the eve of giving.
Promising is the eve of giving.
It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.
It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.
A foole knowes more in his house, then a wise man in anothers.
A foole knowes more in his house, then a wise man in anothers.
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a read more
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a harder task to prove--
By firm resolve to conquer love!
Frugality is one thing, avarice another.
Frugality is one thing, avarice another.
He assigned it to regions more than tropical.
He assigned it to regions more than tropical.
Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but
unremitting toil destroys both.
Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but
unremitting toil destroys both.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
