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At the beginning of the cask and at the end take thy fill, but be saving in the middle; for at the bottom saving comes too late. Let the price fixed with a friend be sufficient, and even dealing with a brother call in witnesses, but laughingly.
At the beginning of the cask and at the end take thy fill, but be saving in the middle; for at the bottom saving comes too late. Let the price fixed with a friend be sufficient, and even dealing with a brother call in witnesses, but laughingly.
Approximate author period: c. 720 BC · ancient
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- Hesiod
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- Approximate author period: c. 720 BC · ancient
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
Works and Days. Line 366.
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