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Where ignorance is bliss,
'Tis folly to be wise.
Where ignorance is bliss,
'Tis folly to be wise.
Power seldome grows old at Court.
Power seldome grows old at Court.
A mind conscious of its own rectitude.
[Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]
A mind conscious of its own rectitude.
[Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]
Nothing dries sooner then a teare.
Nothing dries sooner then a teare.
Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.
Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.
The cholerick man never wants woe.
The cholerick man never wants woe.
Foes, friends, men, women, now are nought to me
But dreams of what has been, no more to be.
Foes, friends, men, women, now are nought to me
But dreams of what has been, no more to be.
