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Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
Seeming genial, venial fault.
Seeming genial, venial fault.
The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means read more
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means of attack, the other as a means
of defence.
A wealthy traveller fears an ambush, while one with empty pockets
journeys on in safety.
A wealthy traveller fears an ambush, while one with empty pockets
journeys on in safety.
A man of a great memory without learning hath a rock and a
spindle, and no staffe to spin.
A man of a great memory without learning hath a rock and a
spindle, and no staffe to spin.
Work while your strength and years permit you; crooked age will
by-and-by come upon you with silent foot.
Work while your strength and years permit you; crooked age will
by-and-by come upon you with silent foot.
