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Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
Patience is sorrow's salve.
Patience is sorrow's salve.
When we have what we like 'tis hard to miss it.
When we have what we like 'tis hard to miss it.
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.
The great put the little on the hooke.
The great put the little on the hooke.
It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.
It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.
Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.
Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.
Punishment is lame, but it comes.
Punishment is lame, but it comes.
