Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful.

Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful.

Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful

Satisfy a few to please many is bad. [Ger., Mach' es Wenigen recht; vielen gefallen ist schlimm.]

O jealousy! thou magnifier of trifles. [Ger., O der alles vergrossernden Eifersucht.]

Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.