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Witty remarks are all very well when spoken at a proper time:
when out of place they are offensive.
Witty remarks are all very well when spoken at a proper time:
when out of place they are offensive.
Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.
Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.
He who has in due season become rich, unless he saves in due
season, will in due season starve.
He who has in due season become rich, unless he saves in due
season, will in due season starve.
For well-dowered wife, credit, friends, birth and beauty,
all-powerful money gives them all.
For well-dowered wife, credit, friends, birth and beauty,
all-powerful money gives them all.
No choice amongst stinking fish.
No choice amongst stinking fish.
The hair that covers the wit is more than the wit, for the
greater hides the less.
The hair that covers the wit is more than the wit, for the
greater hides the less.
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep,
And in his simple show he harbors treason.
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep,
And in his simple show he harbors treason.
He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he read more
He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he stronger, then spare
yourself.
Love is the true price of love.
Love is the true price of love.