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The wind in ones face makes one wise.
The wind in ones face makes one wise.
It is well not to lend too easy an ear to accusations.
It is well not to lend too easy an ear to accusations.
One murder made a villain,
Millions a hero.
One murder made a villain,
Millions a hero.
Comparisons are odious.
Comparisons are odious.
This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
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This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
With some rhyme, rotten sentence, or old saying,
Such spokes as ye ancient of ye parish use.
Hug the shore; let others try the deep.
Hug the shore; let others try the deep.
A spark neglected has often raised a conflagration.
[Lat., Parva saepe scintilla contempta magnum excitavit
incendium.]
A spark neglected has often raised a conflagration.
[Lat., Parva saepe scintilla contempta magnum excitavit
incendium.]
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.
It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
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It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters on which we should be silent.
