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The more skilful the gambler, the worse the man.
The more skilful the gambler, the worse the man.
Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.
Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.
Of joys departed
Not to return, how painful the remembrance.
Of joys departed
Not to return, how painful the remembrance.
He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.
Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.
He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he
lacks opportunity.
He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he
lacks opportunity.
Do what you should, not what you may.
Do what you should, not what you may.
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.
