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Without love and laughter there is no joy; live amid love and laughter.

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By the favour of the heavens
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Favour Heaven Religious
Nor let a god come in, unless the difficulty be worthy of such an intervention. [Lat., Nec deus intersit nisi dignus vindice nodus.]
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Difficulty Intervention Worthy
Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious.
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Depress People Think
Sapere aude. Dare to be wise.
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Being Knowledge Wise
Money, as it increases, becomes either the master or the slave of ts owner.
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Increase Money Owner Slave
He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the quick. [To succeed he will have to puzzle his brains and work hard.]
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Brain Hard Work Nail
Death’s dark way Must needs be trodden once, however we pause.
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Dark Death Needs
Where there are many beauties in a poem I shall not cavil at a few faults proceeding either from negligence or from the imperfection of our nature.
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Fault Imperfection Poetry
Punishment follows close on crime.
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Crime Follow Punishment
Fate with impartial hand turns out the doom of high and low; her capacious urn is constantly shaking the names of all mankind.
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Fate Hand Name
The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.
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Plunder Time Year
Gold will be slave or master.
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Gold Master People Slave
With you I should love to live, with you be ready to die.
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Love Ready Sweet
A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
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Judge Justice Life Umpires
A good resolve will make any port.
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Adversity Port Resolve
What it is forbidden to be put right becomes lighter by acceptance.
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Acceptance Forbidden Lighter

Without love and laughter there is no joy; live amid love and laughter.

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