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A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]
Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.
Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.
But men are men; the best sometimes forget.
But men are men; the best sometimes forget.
An excess of hoarded wealth is the death of many.
An excess of hoarded wealth is the death of many.
Who hath no head, needes no heart.
Who hath no head, needes no heart.
A piece of a Churchyard fitts every body.
[A piece of a Churchyard fits every body.]
A piece of a Churchyard fitts every body.
[A piece of a Churchyard fits every body.]
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.
