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To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.
To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.
The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]
The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]
What he has is of no more use to the miser than that which he has
not.
What he has is of no more use to the miser than that which he has
not.
A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
Unless your works lead to profit, vain is your glory in them.
Unless your works lead to profit, vain is your glory in them.
I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.
I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.
What lies concealed is unknown; there can be no desire for what
is not known.
What lies concealed is unknown; there can be no desire for what
is not known.
