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A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
Lips that touch liquor will never touch mine.
Lips that touch liquor will never touch mine.
To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.
To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.
Fine words dresse ill deedes.
Fine words dresse ill deedes.
He who excuses himself, accuses himself.
[Fr., Qui s'excuse, s'accuse.]
He who excuses himself, accuses himself.
[Fr., Qui s'excuse, s'accuse.]
A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
There is no retracing our steps.
There is no retracing our steps.
What boots it on the lineal tree to trace
Through many a branch the founders of our race.
What boots it on the lineal tree to trace
Through many a branch the founders of our race.
