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If you have a sword, we have a toasting-fork at home.
If you have a sword, we have a toasting-fork at home.
Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that
proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that
proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Preferment goes by letter and affection.
Preferment goes by letter and affection.
That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.
That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.
He that hath no ill fortune is troubled with good.
He that hath no ill fortune is troubled with good.
Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg,
never quits his track.
Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg,
never quits his track.
Twice does he live who can enjoy the remembrance of the past.
Twice does he live who can enjoy the remembrance of the past.
What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?
What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?
