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To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]
To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit
drieth the bones.
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit
drieth the bones.
But who alas! can love and then be wise?
But who alas! can love and then be wise?
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
For want of a naile the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the
horse is lost, for read more
For want of a naile the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the
horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost.
Each age has deemed the new-born year
The fittest time for festal cheer.
Each age has deemed the new-born year
The fittest time for festal cheer.
To buy deare is not bounty.
To buy deare is not bounty.
We take no note of time
But from its loss.
We take no note of time
But from its loss.
Endure the present, and watch for better things.
Endure the present, and watch for better things.