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He that lives well sees a farre off.
He that lives well sees a farre off.
Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.
To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.
Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]
Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]
Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.
Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.
I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.
I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.
Who eates his cock alone must saddle his horse alone.
Who eates his cock alone must saddle his horse alone.
You tell a tale to a dead man.
You tell a tale to a dead man.
