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He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera read more
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera panem ostentat.]
One ungrateful man injures all who need assistance.
One ungrateful man injures all who need assistance.
Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to
his bosom?
Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to
his bosom?
Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg,
never quits his track.
Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg,
never quits his track.
Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.
Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.
He who leaves a fault unpunished invites crime.
He who leaves a fault unpunished invites crime.
With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye.
With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye.
The sharper is the berry, the sweeter is the wine.
The sharper is the berry, the sweeter is the wine.