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Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
A man he seems of cheerful yesterdays,
And confident to-morrows.
A man he seems of cheerful yesterdays,
And confident to-morrows.
Hee that bewailes himselfe hath the cure in his hands.
Hee that bewailes himselfe hath the cure in his hands.
The rose is often found near the nettle.
The rose is often found near the nettle.
A little given seasonably excuses a great gift.
A little given seasonably excuses a great gift.
A sword laid by,
Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously.
A sword laid by,
Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously.
Better late than never.
[Lat., Potius sero quam nunquam.]
Better late than never.
[Lat., Potius sero quam nunquam.]