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Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
He will not carry his wealth to the waters of Acheron.
He will not carry his wealth to the waters of Acheron.
Don't long for the unripe grape.
Don't long for the unripe grape.
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he
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Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he
will not depart from it.
This is the real secret of all that indignation.
This is the real secret of all that indignation.
Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]
A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.
A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.