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When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.
When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.
All things require skill, but an appetite.
All things require skill, but an appetite.
'Tis not long after
But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve,
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'Tis not long after
But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve,
For daws to peck at.
A third Cato has dropped from the skies.
A third Cato has dropped from the skies.
He that is once borne, once must dy.
He that is once borne, once must dy.
Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest.
[Ger., Die Menschen gehen wie Schiesskugeln weiter, wenn sie
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Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest.
[Ger., Die Menschen gehen wie Schiesskugeln weiter, wenn sie
abgeglattet sind.]
He who wants to get rich wants to get rich quickly.
He who wants to get rich wants to get rich quickly.
'Tis very certain the desire of life
Prolongs it.
'Tis very certain the desire of life
Prolongs it.
Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
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Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day.
