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Idle people have the least leisure.
Idle people have the least leisure.
The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
[Lat., Accerima proximorum odia.]
The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
[Lat., Accerima proximorum odia.]
A man would live in Italy (a place of pleasure) but he would
chuse to dy in Spain (where read more
A man would live in Italy (a place of pleasure) but he would
chuse to dy in Spain (where they say the Catholick Religion is
professed with greatest strictness).
Great almes-giving lessens no mans living.
Great almes-giving lessens no mans living.
Common report is not always wrong.
Common report is not always wrong.
There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.
There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.
Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest.
Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest.
It costs more to doe ill then to doe well.
It costs more to doe ill then to doe well.
The faults of his adored escape the notice of the blind admirer.
The faults of his adored escape the notice of the blind admirer.