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Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
The pupil will eclipse his tutor, I warrant.
The pupil will eclipse his tutor, I warrant.
They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to
lawyers.]
They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to
lawyers.]
He that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
He that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
Of joys departed
Not to return, how painful the remembrance.
Of joys departed
Not to return, how painful the remembrance.
'Tis not the fight that crowns us, but the end.
'Tis not the fight that crowns us, but the end.
Sinnes are not knowne till they bee acted.
Sinnes are not knowne till they bee acted.
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
Gentility is nothing but Ancient Riches.
Gentility is nothing but Ancient Riches.
