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It is the bright day that brings forth the adder.
It is the bright day that brings forth the adder.
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so,
execute with vigour.
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so,
execute with vigour.
He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.
He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.
That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage
against her will.
That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage
against her will.
Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.
Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.
You harp perpetually on the same string.
You harp perpetually on the same string.
A kindness spontaneously offered to him who needs it, is doubly
gratifying.
A kindness spontaneously offered to him who needs it, is doubly
gratifying.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
Some good lessons
Are also learnt from Ceres and from Bacchus,
Without whom Venus will not long read more
Some good lessons
Are also learnt from Ceres and from Bacchus,
Without whom Venus will not long attack us.
