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He makes no friend who never made a foe.
He makes no friend who never made a foe.
O, how this spring of love resembleth
The uncertain glory of an April day,
Which now shows read more
O, how this spring of love resembleth
The uncertain glory of an April day,
Which now shows all the beauty of the sun,
And by and by a cloud takes all away!
The Chollerick drinkes, the Melancholick eats, the Flegmatick
sleepes.
The Chollerick drinkes, the Melancholick eats, the Flegmatick
sleepes.
A gentle heart is tyed with an easie thread.
A gentle heart is tyed with an easie thread.
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
The success of the wicked tempts many to sin.
The success of the wicked tempts many to sin.
Deception follows on the heels of deception.
Deception follows on the heels of deception.
Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from
betraying guilt!
[Heu! quam difficile est crimen non read more
Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from
betraying guilt!
[Heu! quam difficile est crimen non prodere vultu.]
In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you
embrace another.
In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you
embrace another.
