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The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice.
The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice.
Even the good Homer is sometimes caught napping.
Even the good Homer is sometimes caught napping.
Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it.
Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it.
I've reach'd the harbour, Hope and Chance adieu!
You've play'd with me, now play with others too.
I've reach'd the harbour, Hope and Chance adieu!
You've play'd with me, now play with others too.
Discreet women have neither eyes nor eares.
Discreet women have neither eyes nor eares.
A feeble dart short of its mark.
A feeble dart short of its mark.
Thus one thing requires assistance from another, and joins in
friendly help.
Thus one thing requires assistance from another, and joins in
friendly help.
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
He that gives me small gifts would have me live.
He that gives me small gifts would have me live.