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You have but fed on the roses, and lain in the lilies of life.
You have but fed on the roses, and lain in the lilies of life.
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
There is no law more just, than that he, who plots death, should
perish by his own craft.
There is no law more just, than that he, who plots death, should
perish by his own craft.
Fortune favors the brave.
[Lat., Fortes fortuna adjuvat.]
Fortune favors the brave.
[Lat., Fortes fortuna adjuvat.]
None but the brave deserve the fair.
None but the brave deserve the fair.
He that will take the bird, must not skare it.
He that will take the bird, must not skare it.
The bit that one eates, no friend makes.
The bit that one eates, no friend makes.
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.
He found a city of bricks, he left one of marble.
He found a city of bricks, he left one of marble.
