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Hee that sendes a foole, means to follow him.
Hee that sendes a foole, means to follow him.
An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]
An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]
The only gain from the friendship of the great is a fine dinner.
The only gain from the friendship of the great is a fine dinner.
A white wall is the paper of a foole.
A white wall is the paper of a foole.
Though the power be wanting, the will deserves praise.
Though the power be wanting, the will deserves praise.
Faire language grates not the tongue.
Faire language grates not the tongue.
The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.
The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.
Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
I must be cruel only to be kind.
I must be cruel only to be kind.