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You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
Early, bright, transient, chaste, as morning dew
She sparkled, was exhal'd, and went to heaven.
Early, bright, transient, chaste, as morning dew
She sparkled, was exhal'd, and went to heaven.
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
The healthfull man can give counsell to the sick.
The healthfull man can give counsell to the sick.
A City that parlies is half gotten.
A City that parlies is half gotten.
If gold knew what gold is, gold would get gold I wis.
If gold knew what gold is, gold would get gold I wis.
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.
Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.
