To long for that which comes not. To lie a-bed and sleep not. To serve well and please not. To have a horse that goes not. To have a man obeys not. To lie in jail and hope not. To be sick and recover not. To lose one's way and know not. To wait at door and enter not, and to have a friend we trust not: are ten such spites as hell hath not.
Praise the sea; on shore remain. - John Florio
Praise the sea; on shore remain.
- John Florio
Night is the mother of thoughts. - John Florio
Night is the mother of thoughts.
Poverty is no vice, but an inconvenience. - John Florio
Poverty is no vice, but an inconvenience.
Who hath not served can not command. - John Florio
Who hath not served can not command.
From the physician and lawyer keep not the truth hidden. - John Florio
From the physician and lawyer keep not the truth hidden.
One hand washeth another, both the face. [Lat., Una mano lava l'altra, ed ambedue lavano il volto.] - John Florio
One hand washeth another, both the face. [Lat., Una mano lava l'altra, ed ambedue lavano il volto.]
If you will be a traveler, have always two bags very full. That is one of patience and another of money. - John Florio
If you will be a traveler, have always two bags very full. That is one of patience and another of money.
Who will not suffer labor in this world, let him not be born. - John Florio
Who will not suffer labor in this world, let him not be born.
Wisdom sails with wind and time. - John Florio
Wisdom sails with wind and time.
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