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Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
Fill the bright goblet, spread the festive board!
Fill the bright goblet, spread the festive board!
Let your mind, happily contented with the present, care not what
the morrow will bring with it.
Let your mind, happily contented with the present, care not what
the morrow will bring with it.
Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.
Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.
Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
The scalded head feares cold water.
The scalded head feares cold water.
He that serves well needes not ask his wages.
He that serves well needes not ask his wages.
. . . all who joy would win
Must share it.--Happiness was born a twin.
. . . all who joy would win
Must share it.--Happiness was born a twin.
In sports and journeys men are knowne.
In sports and journeys men are knowne.