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The market is the best garden.
The market is the best garden.
For the labourer is worthy of his hire.
For the labourer is worthy of his hire.
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.]
He that can make a fire well, can end a quarrell.
He that can make a fire well, can end a quarrell.
When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash;
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When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash;
when the ash is before the oak, then you may expect a soak.
You made this mess yourself, and now you must eat it all up.
You made this mess yourself, and now you must eat it all up.
He will not carry his wealth to the waters of Acheron.
He will not carry his wealth to the waters of Acheron.
Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze.
Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze.