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Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
The sharper is the berry, the sweeter is the wine.
The sharper is the berry, the sweeter is the wine.
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.
Trust no friend with that you need fear him if he were your
enemy.
Trust no friend with that you need fear him if he were your
enemy.
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
The grief of an heir is only masked laughter.
The grief of an heir is only masked laughter.
He whom the gods love dies young, whilst he is full of health,
perception, and judgment.
[Lat., Quem read more
He whom the gods love dies young, whilst he is full of health,
perception, and judgment.
[Lat., Quem dii diligunt,
Adolescens moritur, dum valet, sentit, sapit.]
Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.
Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.