A sceptre is one thing, a ladle another.
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A man is not where he lives, but where he loves.Latin
It would make a man scratch where it doth not itch, To see a man live poor to die rich.
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When an observation by joke is true, it is out of place and ill-natured.
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Love would soon perish, unless nourished by Ceres and Bacchus.
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He knows the roads by which he has escaped before.
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Early, not late remedies are the most effective.
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