Roque...lined his men up and had them produce all the clothing, jewels, money, and other objects that they had stolen since the last time they had divided the spoils. Having made a hasty appraisal and reduced to terms of money those items that could not be divided, he split the whole into shares with such equity and exactitude that in not a single instance did he go beyond or fall short of a strict distributive justice. They were all well satisfied with the payment received, indeed they were quite well pleased; and Roque then turned to Don Quixote.
Roque...lined his men up and ...
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Be slow of tongue and quick of eye.
Those who will play with cats must expect to be scratched.
I believe there's no proverb but what is true; they are all so many sentences and maxims drawn from experience, the universal mother of sciences.
Liberty, as well as honor, man ought to preserve at the hazard of his life, for without it life is insupportable
There are but few proverbial sayings that are not true, for they are all drawn from experience itself, which is the mother of all sciences.