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The getting out of doors is the greatest part of the journey.
The getting out of doors is the greatest part of the journey.
Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]
Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]
A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.
A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.
Woe to the house where there is no chiding.
Woe to the house where there is no chiding.
When the heart is sick it cannot bear the slightest annoyance.
When the heart is sick it cannot bear the slightest annoyance.
No creature smarts so little as a fool.
No creature smarts so little as a fool.
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
What an alteration of honour has
Desperate want made!
What an alteration of honour has
Desperate want made!
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
