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A crowd of fellow-sufferers is a miserable kind of comfort.
[Lat., Maliuolum solacii genus est turba miserorum.]
A crowd of fellow-sufferers is a miserable kind of comfort.
[Lat., Maliuolum solacii genus est turba miserorum.]
Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among
foxes.
Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among
foxes.
Like, according to the old proverb, naturally goes with like.
[Lat., Pares autem vetere proverbio, cum paribus facillime
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Like, according to the old proverb, naturally goes with like.
[Lat., Pares autem vetere proverbio, cum paribus facillime
congregantur.]
It is a comfort to the miserable to have comrades in misfortune,
but it is a poor comfort after read more
It is a comfort to the miserable to have comrades in misfortune,
but it is a poor comfort after all.
[Epicurus] says that you should rather have regard to the company
with whom you eat and drink, than to read more
[Epicurus] says that you should rather have regard to the company
with whom you eat and drink, than to what you eat and drink.
[Ante, inquit, cicumspiciendum est, cum quibos edas et bibas,
quam quid edas et bibas.]
And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars,
perceived the grace that was given unto me, read more
And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars,
perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave me and
Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto
the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.
Tell me thy company and I will tell thee what thou art.
Tell me thy company and I will tell thee what thou art.
A pleasure companion on a journey is as good as a carriage.
[Lat., Comes jucundus in via pro vehiculo read more
A pleasure companion on a journey is as good as a carriage.
[Lat., Comes jucundus in via pro vehiculo est.]
No possession is gratifying without a companion.
[Lat., Nullius boni sine sociis jucunda possessio est.]
No possession is gratifying without a companion.
[Lat., Nullius boni sine sociis jucunda possessio est.]