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Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.
Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.
'Tis not the fight that crowns us, but the end.
'Tis not the fight that crowns us, but the end.
The Chollerick drinkes, the Melancholick eats, the Flegmatick
sleepes.
The Chollerick drinkes, the Melancholick eats, the Flegmatick
sleepes.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
Once let good faith be abandoned, and all social existence would
perish.
Once let good faith be abandoned, and all social existence would
perish.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
[Lat., Noli equi dentes inspicere donati.]
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
[Lat., Noli equi dentes inspicere donati.]
A hand may first, and then a lip be kiss'd.
A hand may first, and then a lip be kiss'd.
