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There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
A word once spoken cannot be recalled.
A word once spoken cannot be recalled.
A foole may throw a stone into a well, which a hundred wise men
cannot pull out.
A foole may throw a stone into a well, which a hundred wise men
cannot pull out.
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.
Hee that repaires not a part, builds all.
Hee that repaires not a part, builds all.
He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.
He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.
One science only will one genius fit,
So vast is art, so narrow human wit.
One science only will one genius fit,
So vast is art, so narrow human wit.
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
Greene wood makes a hott fire.
Greene wood makes a hott fire.
