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The world itself is too small for the covetous.
The world itself is too small for the covetous.
He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.
He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.
Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise,
The breath is gone whereof this praise is made.
Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise,
The breath is gone whereof this praise is made.
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
One man restored our fortunes by delay. [By skilfully avoiding
an engagement, Fabius exhausted the resources of the enemy.]
One man restored our fortunes by delay. [By skilfully avoiding
an engagement, Fabius exhausted the resources of the enemy.]
Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.
Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.
Wine makes all sorts of creatures at table.
Wine makes all sorts of creatures at table.
There is never a lawsuit but a woman is at the bottom of it.
There is never a lawsuit but a woman is at the bottom of it.
