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To a great night, a great Lanthorne.
To a great night, a great Lanthorne.
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
Drought never brought dearth.
Drought never brought dearth.
Despise not sweet inviting love-making nor the merry dance.
Despise not sweet inviting love-making nor the merry dance.
God oft hath a great share in a little house.
God oft hath a great share in a little house.
What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?
What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?
Marry, this is the short and the long of it.
Marry, this is the short and the long of it.