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The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.
Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.
Let him laugh, who is on the right side of the hedge.
Let him laugh, who is on the right side of the hedge.
Hee goes not out of his way, that goes to a good Inne.
Hee goes not out of his way, that goes to a good Inne.
Divine ashes are better then earthly meale.
Divine ashes are better then earthly meale.
Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
He who sins when drunk will have to atone for it when sober.
He who sins when drunk will have to atone for it when sober.
The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep;
Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.
The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep;
Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.