The teacher is like the candle, which lights others in consuming itself

Quote by Italian Proverb

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Lent, which seems so long, is short at other men's tables.

Lent, which seems so long, is short at other men's tables.

Silence was never written down

Silence was never written down

Count your nights by stars, not shadows; count your life with smiles, not tears.

Count your nights by stars, not shadows; count your life with smiles, not tears.

Bed is the poor man's opera

Bed is the poor man's opera

Teeth placed before the tongue give good advice

Teeth placed before the tongue give good advice

One is never too old to yearn

One is never too old to yearn

One with the courage to laugh is master of the world almost as much as...

One with the courage to laugh is master of the world almost as much as...

A book whose sale's forbidden all men rush to see, and prohibition turns one reader...

A book whose sale's forbidden all men rush to see, and prohibition turns one reader...

Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.

Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.

Teeth placed before the tongue give good advice.

Teeth placed before the tongue give good advice.

He saith little that loveth much

He saith little that loveth much

When the game is over, the king and the pawn go into the same box

When the game is over, the king and the pawn go into the same box

A full stomach praises Lent.

A full stomach praises Lent.

Between saying and doing many a pair of shoes is worn out.

Between saying and doing many a pair of shoes is worn out.

He who is not impatient is not in love.

He who is not impatient is not in love.

Old wine and friends improve with age.

Old wine and friends improve with age.

Proverbs bear age, and he who would do well may view himself in them as...

Proverbs bear age, and he who would do well may view himself in them as...

Old age is no place for sissies.

Old age is no place for sissies.

From a very early age I had imbibed the opinion that it was every man's...

From a very early age I had imbibed the opinion that it was every man's...

The bad end unhappily, the good unluckily. That is what tragedy means.

The bad end unhappily, the good unluckily. That is what tragedy means.