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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.]
The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.
The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.
He that will be surety, shall pay.
He that will be surety, shall pay.
For man may pious texts repeat,
And yet religion have no inward seat.
For man may pious texts repeat,
And yet religion have no inward seat.
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto
those that be of heavy hearts.
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto
those that be of heavy hearts.
An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.
An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.
There is room left also for several to bring their friends.
There is room left also for several to bring their friends.
What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.
What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.
