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Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
Little do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is.
Little do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse
of brain, says the Spaniard.
There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse
of brain, says the Spaniard.
This is the reward of my folly.
This is the reward of my folly.
One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.
One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.
Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!
Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!
Of all smells, bread: of all tasts, salt.
Of all smells, bread: of all tasts, salt.