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It is human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
[Lat., Proprium humani ingenii, est odisse quem laeseris.]
It is human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
[Lat., Proprium humani ingenii, est odisse quem laeseris.]
Some innocents 'scape not the thunderbolt.
Some innocents 'scape not the thunderbolt.
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
A word spoken in due season, how good is it!
A word spoken in due season, how good is it!
Preferment goes by letter and affection.
Preferment goes by letter and affection.
He that burnes most shines most.
He that burnes most shines most.
Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]
Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]
She was one of those who by fortune's boon
Are born, as they say, with a silver spoon
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She was one of those who by fortune's boon
Are born, as they say, with a silver spoon
In her mouth, not a wooden ladle.
The tooth-ach is more ease then to deale with ill people.
The tooth-ach is more ease then to deale with ill people.
