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Speake not of my debts, unlesse you meane to pay them.
Speake not of my debts, unlesse you meane to pay them.
To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.
To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.
Good service is a great inchantment.
Good service is a great inchantment.
Better to be blinde, then to see ill.
Better to be blinde, then to see ill.
A favour is half granted, when graciously refused.
A favour is half granted, when graciously refused.
The mind still longs for what it has missed, and loses itself in
the contemplation of the past.
The mind still longs for what it has missed, and loses itself in
the contemplation of the past.
He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he
lacks opportunity.
He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he
lacks opportunity.
A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.
A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.
