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Little losses amaze, great tame.
Little losses amaze, great tame.
He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it.
He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it.
Idle people have the least leisure.
Idle people have the least leisure.
Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
The great would have none great and the little all little.
The great would have none great and the little all little.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
An Asse endures his burden, but not more then his burden.
An Asse endures his burden, but not more then his burden.
The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby,
Knowing that read more
The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby,
Knowing that with the shadow of his wings
He can at pleasure stint their melody:
Even so mayest thou the giddy men of Rome.
