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Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.
Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.
The more they drink the more they thirst.
The more they drink the more they thirst.
What! upon compulsion? No!
What! upon compulsion? No!
Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.
Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
It is said that the propriety even of old Cato often yielded to
the exciting influence of the grape.
It is said that the propriety even of old Cato often yielded to
the exciting influence of the grape.
So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.
So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
[Lat., Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insania.]
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
[Lat., Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insania.]
Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.
Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.