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Something must be allowed to custom.
Something must be allowed to custom.
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.]
This division of labour will lessen the task.
This division of labour will lessen the task.
Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.
Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.
I found not Cassio's kisses on her lips.
I found not Cassio's kisses on her lips.
With men all is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
With men all is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
No greater grief than to remember days
Of joy when misery is at hand.
No greater grief than to remember days
Of joy when misery is at hand.
Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.
Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.
For no one cares for matrimonial cooings,
There's nothing wrong in a connubial kiss.
For no one cares for matrimonial cooings,
There's nothing wrong in a connubial kiss.