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Those presents are the most acceptable which are enhanced by our
regard for the donor.
Those presents are the most acceptable which are enhanced by our
regard for the donor.
There was not a greater gourmand living.
There was not a greater gourmand living.
We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes
us.
We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes
us.
He who meditates a crime secretly within himself has all the
guilt of the act.
He who meditates a crime secretly within himself has all the
guilt of the act.
If you are only an underling, don't dress too fine.
If you are only an underling, don't dress too fine.
To love is a pleasure of youth, a sin in old age.
To love is a pleasure of youth, a sin in old age.
Content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches
into gold.
Content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches
into gold.
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
