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He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera read more
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera panem ostentat.]
Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.
Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
To live with them is far less sweet,
Than to remember thee!
To live with them is far less sweet,
Than to remember thee!
He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not.
He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not.
The longest Day hath an Eueninge.
The longest Day hath an Eueninge.
We Batchelors laugh and shew our teeth, but you married men laugh
till your hearts ake.
We Batchelors laugh and shew our teeth, but you married men laugh
till your hearts ake.
Dull not device by coldness and delay.
Dull not device by coldness and delay.
