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A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
The more they drink the more they thirst.
The more they drink the more they thirst.
Savage bears agree with one another.
Savage bears agree with one another.
We have to thank God for this retirement.
We have to thank God for this retirement.
The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.
The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
Spare your breath to cool your porridge.
Spare your breath to cool your porridge.
He who takes the profit ought also to take the labour.
He who takes the profit ought also to take the labour.
A mind conscious of its own rectitude.
[Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]
A mind conscious of its own rectitude.
[Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]
