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... true friend shows himself when fortune plays us false . " " Amittit merito proprium , qui alienum appetit . " PHAEDRUS . Fables , I. , 4 , 1 . " He rightly loses his own who covets another's . " " Amor et melle et felle est ...
... true friend shows himself when fortune plays us false . " " Amittit merito proprium , qui alienum appetit . " PHAEDRUS . Fables , I. , 4 , 1 . " He rightly loses his own who covets another's . " " Amor et melle et felle est ...
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... True happiness is centred in virtue . " " Beatus enim nemo dici potest extra veritatem projectus . " SENECA . De Vita Beata , V. , 2 . " No one can be called happy who is living a life of falsehood . " " Beatus est nemo qui ea lege ...
... True happiness is centred in virtue . " " Beatus enim nemo dici potest extra veritatem projectus . " SENECA . De Vita Beata , V. , 2 . " No one can be called happy who is living a life of falsehood . " " Beatus est nemo qui ea lege ...
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... true friend Must pay the penalty , if those he loves Lie under Fortune's ban . " " Dat tibi securos vilis tegeticula somnos ; Pervigil in pluma Caius , ecce , jacet . " MARTIAL . Epigrams , IX . , 93 , 3 . " The lowliest cot will give ...
... true friend Must pay the penalty , if those he loves Lie under Fortune's ban . " " Dat tibi securos vilis tegeticula somnos ; Pervigil in pluma Caius , ecce , jacet . " MARTIAL . Epigrams , IX . , 93 , 3 . " The lowliest cot will give ...
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... true warriors ' hearts No goddess rules but Valour . " " Deformius , Afer , Omnino nihil est ardelione sene . " MARTIAL . Epigrams , IV . , 79 , 9 . " Nothing is more odious than an elderly busybody . " " Degeneres animos timor arguit ...
... true warriors ' hearts No goddess rules but Valour . " " Deformius , Afer , Omnino nihil est ardelione sene . " MARTIAL . Epigrams , IV . , 79 , 9 . " Nothing is more odious than an elderly busybody . " " Degeneres animos timor arguit ...
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... true , accept it , but if false , Gird on your sword to combat it . " " Desuetudo omnibus pigritiam , pigritia veternum parit . " APULEIUS . Florida , III . , 17 . " Disuse always begets indolence , and indolence lethargy . " " Desunt ...
... true , accept it , but if false , Gird on your sword to combat it . " " Desuetudo omnibus pigritiam , pigritia veternum parit . " APULEIUS . Florida , III . , 17 . " Disuse always begets indolence , and indolence lethargy . " " Desunt ...
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