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Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
[Lat., Noli equi dentes inspicere donati.]
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
[Lat., Noli equi dentes inspicere donati.]
Take the goods the gods provide thee.
Take the goods the gods provide thee.
A pleasure long expected is deare enough sold.
A pleasure long expected is deare enough sold.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.
There is sufficient reward in the mere consciousness of a good
action.
There is sufficient reward in the mere consciousness of a good
action.
The mind flies back with a grand recoil
From debts not due till to-morrow.
The mind flies back with a grand recoil
From debts not due till to-morrow.
Passion and shame torment him, and rage is mingled with his
grief.
Passion and shame torment him, and rage is mingled with his
grief.
