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A man of a great memory without learning hath a rock and a
spindle, and no staffe to spin.
A man of a great memory without learning hath a rock and a
spindle, and no staffe to spin.
It is best to know the worst at once.
It is best to know the worst at once.
Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
To climb steep hills
Requires slow pace at first.
To climb steep hills
Requires slow pace at first.
O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.
O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.
Fortune favors the brave.
[Lat., Fortes fortuna adjuvat.]
Fortune favors the brave.
[Lat., Fortes fortuna adjuvat.]
Hee that looseth his due, gets not thankes.
Hee that looseth his due, gets not thankes.
How use doth breed a habit in a man!
How use doth breed a habit in a man!
The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in
horses is to be found the read more
The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in
horses is to be found the excellence of their sire; nor do savage
eagles produce a peaceful dove.
[Lat., Fortes creantur fortibus et bonis;
Est in juvenis, est in equibus patrum
Virtus; nee imbellem feroces
Progenerant aquilae columbam.]
