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A drunkards purse is a bottle.
A drunkards purse is a bottle.
Patience is sorrow's salve.
Patience is sorrow's salve.
Punishment is lame, but it comes.
Punishment is lame, but it comes.
Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.
Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.
Craft against vice I must apply.
Craft against vice I must apply.
Every accusation against a fallen man gains credence.
Every accusation against a fallen man gains credence.
Common report is not always wrong.
Common report is not always wrong.
The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]
The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]
