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Knowledge is folly, except grace guide it.
Knowledge is folly, except grace guide it.
Who aspires must down as low
As high he soar'd.
Who aspires must down as low
As high he soar'd.
Hastiness is the beginning of wrath, and its end repentance.
Hastiness is the beginning of wrath, and its end repentance.
The secret wound still lives within the breast.
[Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]
The secret wound still lives within the breast.
[Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
Let the poor man mind his tongue.
Let the poor man mind his tongue.
No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble
about.
No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble
about.
Lying lips are abomination to the Lord.
Lying lips are abomination to the Lord.