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He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.
To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.
Let the worst come to the worst.
Let the worst come to the worst.
It is sheer folly to tear the hair in grief as if sorrow could be
cured by baldness.
It is sheer folly to tear the hair in grief as if sorrow could be
cured by baldness.
A feeble dart short of its mark.
A feeble dart short of its mark.
The style is the man.
[Fr., Le style c'est l'homme.]
The style is the man.
[Fr., Le style c'est l'homme.]
Hit the nail on the head.
Hit the nail on the head.
Vertue now is in herbs and stones and words onely.
Vertue now is in herbs and stones and words onely.
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
