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[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.]
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.]
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.]
Ah, savage company; but in the church
With saints, and in the taverns with the gluttons.
Ah, savage company; but in the church
With saints, and in the taverns with the gluttons.
It is a consolation to the wretched to have companions in misery.
It is a consolation to the wretched to have companions in misery.
No blast of air or fire of sun
Puts out the light whereby we run
With girdled read more
No blast of air or fire of sun
Puts out the light whereby we run
With girdled loins our lamplit race,
And each from each takes heart of grace
And spirit till his turn be done.
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.]
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.
Joy is a partnership,
Grief weeps alone,
Many guests had Cana;
Gethsemane but one.
Joy is a partnership,
Grief weeps alone,
Many guests had Cana;
Gethsemane but one.
