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He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.
The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.
Who hath no head, needes no heart.
Who hath no head, needes no heart.
It's not good fishing before the net.
It's not good fishing before the net.
Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
There is an order
Of mortals on the earth, who do become
Old in their youth, and read more
There is an order
Of mortals on the earth, who do become
Old in their youth, and die ere middle age.
Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.
Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
