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Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!
Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!
A little Kitchin makes a large house.
A little Kitchin makes a large house.
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.]
While I plan, and plan, my hair
Is gray before I know it.
While I plan, and plan, my hair
Is gray before I know it.
Restive horses must be roughly dealt with.
Restive horses must be roughly dealt with.
Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]
Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]
My hair is grey, but not with years.
My hair is grey, but not with years.
Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than
those who turn beggars.
Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than
those who turn beggars.
