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When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]
Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]
And yet your fair discourse hath been as sugar,
Making the hard way sweet and delectable.
And yet your fair discourse hath been as sugar,
Making the hard way sweet and delectable.
The itch of disputing is the scab of the Church.
The itch of disputing is the scab of the Church.
He who says what he likes, must hear what he does not like.
He who says what he likes, must hear what he does not like.
The cask will long retain the flavour of the wine with which it
was first seasoned.
The cask will long retain the flavour of the wine with which it
was first seasoned.
In the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
In the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
A fair face may make a foul bargain.
A fair face may make a foul bargain.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.