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Sop to Cerebus.
If I can find Cerebus a sop, I shall be at rest for one day.
Sop to Cerebus.
If I can find Cerebus a sop, I shall be at rest for one day.
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
Their hearts sweat with undivulged guilt.
Their hearts sweat with undivulged guilt.
Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.
Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
The house is a fine house, when good folks are within.
The house is a fine house, when good folks are within.
From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods.
From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods.
When his heart is glad
Of the full harvest, I will speak to him.
When his heart is glad
Of the full harvest, I will speak to him.