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The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.
The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.
The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.
The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.
Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.
Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.
Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]
Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]
Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.
Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
It so falls out
That what we have we prize not to the worth
Whiles we enjoy read more
It so falls out
That what we have we prize not to the worth
Whiles we enjoy it; but being lacked and lost,
Why, then we rack the value.
Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover.
Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover.
Beate the dog before the Lyon.
Beate the dog before the Lyon.
