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The silent countenance often speaks with expressive eloquence.
The silent countenance often speaks with expressive eloquence.
You cannot know wine by the barrell.
[You cannot know the wine by the barrel.]
You cannot know wine by the barrell.
[You cannot know the wine by the barrel.]
Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you
occupied.
Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you
occupied.
Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.
Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.
She is kept alive on the milk of asses which she takes with her
wherever she goes.
She is kept alive on the milk of asses which she takes with her
wherever she goes.
One woe doth tread upon another's heel,
So fast they follow.
One woe doth tread upon another's heel,
So fast they follow.
The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.
The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.
