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... wise man will love ; all others will desire . " " Amantium irae amoris integratio est . " " " ' Quarrels of lovers but renew their love . " - ( George Colman . ) TERENCE . Andria , Act III . , Sc . III . , 23 .- ( Chremes . ) TITUS ...
... wise man will love ; all others will desire . " " Amantium irae amoris integratio est . " " " ' Quarrels of lovers but renew their love . " - ( George Colman . ) TERENCE . Andria , Act III . , Sc . III . , 23 .- ( Chremes . ) TITUS ...
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... wise heads . And ' tis but truth - the man who knows to use His fortune , he surpasses all : by all Is therefore called a man of understanding . " - ( Bonnell Thornton . ) " Cereus in vitium flecti , monitoribus asper . ' " " HORACE ...
... wise heads . And ' tis but truth - the man who knows to use His fortune , he surpasses all : by all Is therefore called a man of understanding . " - ( Bonnell Thornton . ) " Cereus in vitium flecti , monitoribus asper . ' " " HORACE ...
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... wise man who lived yesterday . " " Credat Judaeus Apella , HORACE . Satires , I. , 5 , 100 . ' Tell the crazed Jews such miracles as these . " - ( Conington . ) " Crede mihi , bene qui latuit , bene vixit ; et intra Fortunam debet ...
... wise man who lived yesterday . " " Credat Judaeus Apella , HORACE . Satires , I. , 5 , 100 . ' Tell the crazed Jews such miracles as these . " - ( Conington . ) " Crede mihi , bene qui latuit , bene vixit ; et intra Fortunam debet ...
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... wise : begin : You're half - way over when you once plunge in : He who puts off the time for mending , stands A clodpoll by the stream with folded hands , Waiting till all the water be gone past ; But it runs on , and will , while time ...
... wise : begin : You're half - way over when you once plunge in : He who puts off the time for mending , stands A clodpoll by the stream with folded hands , Waiting till all the water be gone past ; But it runs on , and will , while time ...
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... wise man , the master of a fool . " " Ea invasit homines habendi cupido , ut possideri magis quam possidere videantur . ” PLINY THE YOUNGER . Epistolae , IX . , 30 . " Men are so enslaved by the lust of gain , that they seem to be ...
... wise man , the master of a fool . " " Ea invasit homines habendi cupido , ut possideri magis quam possidere videantur . ” PLINY THE YOUNGER . Epistolae , IX . , 30 . " Men are so enslaved by the lust of gain , that they seem to be ...
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