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A gift in time of need is most acceptable.
A gift in time of need is most acceptable.
He cannot be vertuous that is not rigorous.
He cannot be vertuous that is not rigorous.
She only is chaste, who is chaste where there is no danger of
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She only is chaste, who is chaste where there is no danger of
detection: she who does not, because she may not, does.
To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.
To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.
Presents of love fear not to be ill taken of strangers.
Presents of love fear not to be ill taken of strangers.
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
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Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard.
It seems to me most strange that men should fear,
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.
Nothing can come of nothing.
Nothing can come of nothing.
A hand may first, and then a lip be kiss'd.
A hand may first, and then a lip be kiss'd.
