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On their own merits modest men are dumb.
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.
Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.
The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]
The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]
Love and businesse teach eloquence.
Love and businesse teach eloquence.
Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.
Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.
It is hard to abstain from writing satire.
It is hard to abstain from writing satire.
Now clothed like a Roman, now like a Greek. [An inconstant,
perfidious man.]
Now clothed like a Roman, now like a Greek. [An inconstant,
perfidious man.]
Criticks are like brushers of Noblemens cloaths.
Criticks are like brushers of Noblemens cloaths.
Neither cast your pearls before swine.
Neither cast your pearls before swine.
