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For the labourer is worthy of his hire.
For the labourer is worthy of his hire.
If fooles should not foole it, they shall lose their season.
If fooles should not foole it, they shall lose their season.
'Tis dangerous to take a cold, to sleep, to drink; but I tell you,
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'Tis dangerous to take a cold, to sleep, to drink; but I tell you,
my lord fool, out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower,
safety.
When you are at Rome, live as Romans live.
When you are at Rome, live as Romans live.
The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.
The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.
Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]