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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]
Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
Men would be angels, angels would be gods.
Men would be angels, angels would be gods.
In the morning mountaines, in the evening fountaines.
In the morning mountaines, in the evening fountaines.
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.
Work while your strength and years permit you; crooked age will
by-and-by come upon you with silent foot.
Work while your strength and years permit you; crooked age will
by-and-by come upon you with silent foot.
To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.
To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.
A righteous man regardeth the life of this beast: but the tender
mercies of the wicked are cruel.
A righteous man regardeth the life of this beast: but the tender
mercies of the wicked are cruel.
