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What a beard hast thou got! thou hast got more hair on thy chin
than Dobbin my thill-horse has read more
What a beard hast thou got! thou hast got more hair on thy chin
than Dobbin my thill-horse has on his tail.
We praise old times, but show no curiosity about modern events.
We praise old times, but show no curiosity about modern events.
The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant.
The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant.
Don't long for the unripe grape.
Don't long for the unripe grape.
Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
That he suspects none.
Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
That he suspects none.
The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.
The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
Fill the bright goblet, spread the festive board!
Fill the bright goblet, spread the festive board!
