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The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.
The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.
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.]
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.]
Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.
Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he
will not depart read more
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he
will not depart from it.
Little dogs start the Hare, the great get her.
Little dogs start the Hare, the great get her.
Manners with Fortunes, Humours turn with Climes,
Tenets with Books, and Principles with Times.
Manners with Fortunes, Humours turn with Climes,
Tenets with Books, and Principles with Times.
The filth under the white snow, the sunne discovers.
The filth under the white snow, the sunne discovers.
