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I have cut my leg with my own adze.
I have cut my leg with my own adze.
Cares deny all rest to weary limbs.
Cares deny all rest to weary limbs.
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means read more
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means of attack, the other as a means
of defence.
Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from
betraying guilt!
[Heu! quam difficile est crimen non read more
Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from
betraying guilt!
[Heu! quam difficile est crimen non prodere vultu.]
Content is more than a kingdom.
Content is more than a kingdom.
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
Marry your daughters betimes, lest they marry themselves.
Marry your daughters betimes, lest they marry themselves.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
