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You harp perpetually on the same string.
You harp perpetually on the same string.
An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.
An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.
What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
[Lat., Idem Accio quod Titio jus esto.]
What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
[Lat., Idem Accio quod Titio jus esto.]
Better is one Accipe, then twice to say, Dabo tibi.
Better is one Accipe, then twice to say, Dabo tibi.
He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
The morning Sunne never lasts a day.
The morning Sunne never lasts a day.
Water trotted is as good as oates.
Water trotted is as good as oates.
One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
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One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
To murder thousands takes a specious name,
War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame.
