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Literature | Cut your Coat according to your Cloth Stretch your arm no farther than your sleeve will reach. "Little barks must keep near shore, Larger ones may venture more." French: "Selon ta bourse nourris ta bouche." "Selon le pain il faut le couteau." "Fou est, qui plus dèpense que sa rente ne vaut." Italian: "Noi facciamo la spese secondo l'entrata." Latin: "Ex quovis ligno non fit Mercurius." "Parvum parva decent" (Horace). "Messe tenus propria vive" (Persius). "Cui multum est piperis, etiam oleribus immiscet." "Sumptus censum ne superat" (Plautus). "Si non possis quod velis, velis id quod possis." "Ne te quæiveris extra" (Horace). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 55 54 59 4F 55 52 43 4F 41 54 41 43 43 4F 52 44 49 4E 47 54 4F 59 4F 55 52 43 4C 4F 54 48 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01010101 01010100 00100000 01011001 01001111 01010101 01010010 00100000 01000011 01001111 01000001 01010100 00100000 01000001 01000011 01000011 01001111 01010010 01000100 01001001 01001110 01000111 00100000 01010100 01001111 00100000 01011001 01001111 01010101 01010010 00100000 01000011 01001100 01001111 01010100 01001000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C U T   Y O U R   C O A T   A C C O R D I N G   T O   Y O U R   C L O T H |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0055 0054 0059 004F 0055 0052 0043 004F 0041 0054 0041 0043 0043 004F 0052 0044 0049 004E 0047 0054 004F 0059 004F 0055 0052 0043 004C 004F 0054 0048 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)37555425949555223749355423537374952384348412544925949555223746495442 |
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