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Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it
will turn sour.
Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it
will turn sour.
A white wall is the paper of a foole.
A white wall is the paper of a foole.
Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.
Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.
Beasts of like kind will spare those of kindred spots.
Beasts of like kind will spare those of kindred spots.
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
Give me a child for the first seven years, and you may do what you like with him afterwards.
Give me a child for the first seven years, and you may do what you like with him afterwards.
A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel!
A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel!
To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.
To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.
All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.