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Yet the French have a saying of infinite wisdom in their _qui a bu boira_.
The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking James Branch Cabell 1918
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Qui a bu, boira, and for a writer to give up his activity at the age of thirty means depriving himself of one-half of all the interests of life.
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But _qui a bu boira_, and below consciousness dead appetites were awakening, and would soon be astir.
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Qui a bu, boira, -- he who has once been a drinker will drink again, says the French proverb.
Medical Essays, 1842-1882 Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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Qui a bu, boira, -- he who has once been a drinker will drink again, says the French proverb.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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As I was saying, such great names as André Breton, Marchel Duchamp, Man Ray and Henry Miller were involved, and one of their random sentences gave the form its name: "Le cadavre exquis boira le vin nouveau" ( "The exquisite corpse will drink the new wine").
Culture | guardian.co.uk Darragh McManus 2010
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Feia un matí fred amb molta boira com podreu observar a les fotografies.
growabrain 2009
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Their session yielded the phrase: "Le cadavre exquis boira le vin nouveau."
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