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Better your room than your company.
Better your room than your company.
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.]
Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among
foxes.
Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among
foxes.
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 blast of air or fire of sun
Puts out the light whereby we run
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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.
It is a consolation to the wretched to have companions in misery.
It is a consolation to the wretched to have companions in misery.
If it be honor in your wars to seem
The same you are not,--which, for your best ends,
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If it be honor in your wars to seem
The same you are not,--which, for your best ends,
You adopt your policy--how is it less or worse,
That it shall hold companionship in peace
With honour, as in war: since that to both
It stands in like request?
Tell me thy company and I will tell thee what thou art.
Tell me thy company and I will tell thee what thou art.
An agreeable companion on a journey is as good as a carriage.
An agreeable companion on a journey is as good as a carriage.
