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• See how the world rewards its votaries. -- Gesta Romanorum -- Tale xxxvi
• Whatever you do, do wisely, and think of the consequences. -- Gesta Romanorum -- Tale ciii
• We read of a certain Roman emperor who built a magnificent palace.
  In digging the foundation, the workmen discovered a golden sarcophagus ornamented with three circlets, on which were inscribed, "I have expended...
• All's well that ends well
• All's well that ends well.... -- William Shakespeare -- All's Well That Ends Well
• Begin well, end badly; begin badly, end worse.
• All's well that ends.