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A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving
favour rather than silver and gold.
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving
favour rather than silver and gold.
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.]
A jade eates as much as a good horse.
A jade eates as much as a good horse.
In time comes he whom God sends.
In time comes he whom God sends.
Though they don't want to kill anybody, they like to have the
power to do so.
Though they don't want to kill anybody, they like to have the
power to do so.
I talk of cheese, you of chalk.
I talk of cheese, you of chalk.
Every man makes a god of his own desire.
Every man makes a god of his own desire.
