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Tell me thy company and I will tell thee what thou art.
Tell me thy company and I will tell thee what thou art.
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.
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.
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.]
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.
Two i's company, three i's trumpery.
Two i's company, three i's trumpery.
An agreeable companion on a journey is as good as a carriage.
An agreeable companion on a journey is as good as a carriage.
Better your room than your company.
Better your room than your company.
It is a consolation to the wretched to have companions in misery.
It is a consolation to the wretched to have companions in misery.
