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Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.
In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.
We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.
We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.
Farre shooting never kild bird.
Farre shooting never kild bird.
The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
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The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
[The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.]
Better do nothing than do ill.
Better do nothing than do ill.
They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.
They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.
Let the poor man mind his tongue.
Let the poor man mind his tongue.
