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He that hath hornes in his bosom, let him not put them on his
head.
He that hath hornes in his bosom, let him not put them on his
head.
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
He stands the shadow of a mighty name.
[Lat., Stat magni nominis umbra.]
He stands the shadow of a mighty name.
[Lat., Stat magni nominis umbra.]
(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.
(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.
The big thieves hang the little ones.
The big thieves hang the little ones.
Beware the fury of a patient man.
Beware the fury of a patient man.
It is sheer folly when all is gone to lose even one's passage
money.
It is sheer folly when all is gone to lose even one's passage
money.
I must be cruel only to be kind.
I must be cruel only to be kind.
A mind conscious of its own rectitude.
[Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]
A mind conscious of its own rectitude.
[Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]