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Keepe good men company, and you shall be of the number.
Keepe good men company, and you shall be of the number.
Check the beginning of evil; the remedy is too late when the
disease by delay has increased in strength.
Check the beginning of evil; the remedy is too late when the
disease by delay has increased in strength.
The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant.
The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant.
That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with
delight.
That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with
delight.
Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
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Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks;
Arm it in rags, a pygmy's straw does pierce it.
I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.
I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.
Sweet is pleasure after pain.
Sweet is pleasure after pain.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
