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Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.
Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.
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.]
Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.
Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.
It is proper that every man should measure himself by his own
proportion and standard.
It is proper that every man should measure himself by his own
proportion and standard.
A foole may throw a stone into a well, which a hundred wise men
cannot pull out.
A foole may throw a stone into a well, which a hundred wise men
cannot pull out.
Acerra always drinks till dawn.
Acerra always drinks till dawn.
Rains driven by storms fall not perpetually on the land already
sodden, neither do varying gales for ever disturb read more
Rains driven by storms fall not perpetually on the land already
sodden, neither do varying gales for ever disturb the Caspian
sea.
With winsome cruelty she refuses.
With winsome cruelty she refuses.
Hath not thy rose a canker, Somerset?
Hath not thy rose a thorn, Plantagenet?
Hath not thy rose a canker, Somerset?
Hath not thy rose a thorn, Plantagenet?