Fortitude is a great help in distress.

To waste one’s breath; to pump into a sieve.
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Breathe Sieve Wasted Time
He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.
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Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.
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If you speak insults you will hear them also.
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Insult Talk Willing Yourself
Practice yourself what you preach.
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Practice Preach Yourself
In everything the middle road is best.
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Best Journey Road Travel
You little know what a ticklish thing it is to go to law.
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The gods confound the man who first found out How to distinguish hours! Confound him, too, Who in this place set up a sun-dial, To cut and hack my days so wretchedly Into small portions.
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Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.
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The stronger always succeeds.
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He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound.
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Courage easily finds its own eloquence.
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If you are wise, be wise; keep what goods the gods provide you.
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I had much rather be adorned by beauty of character than by jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, character comes from within.
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Character Fortune Jewel Myself
Fortitude is a great help in distress.
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It is a tiresome way of speaking, when you should despatch the business, to beat about the bush.
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