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All places that the eye of heaven visits,
Are to a wise man ports and happy havens.
All places that the eye of heaven visits,
Are to a wise man ports and happy havens.
His essences turn the live air sick.
His essences turn the live air sick.
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.
The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]
The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]
In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
Even in animals there exists the spirit of their sires.
Even in animals there exists the spirit of their sires.
He will be the last to discover the disgrace of his house.
He will be the last to discover the disgrace of his house.
All things require skill, but an appetite.
All things require skill, but an appetite.
The Good are better made by Ill,
As odours crushed are sweeter still.
The Good are better made by Ill,
As odours crushed are sweeter still.