He will always be a slave, who does not know how to live upon a little.
Original text (Latin)
Original text (Latin)
To flee vice is the beginning of virtue, and to have got rid of folly is the beginning of wisdom.
The mountains will be in labor, and a ridiculous mouse will be brought forth.
We must do away with the absolutely specious notion that everybody has to earn a living.
Economy, in the estimation of common minds, often means the absence of all taste and comfort.
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