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Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled;
nor can the hour, which has once fled read more
Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled;
nor can the hour, which has once fled by, return again.
Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.
Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.
He that knowes nothing, doubts nothing.
He that knowes nothing, doubts nothing.
It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.
It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be read more
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be holp by backward turning;
One desperate grief cures with another's languish.
Frugality is the mother of all virtues.
Frugality is the mother of all virtues.
Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
There is no law more just, than that he, who plots death, should
perish by his own craft.
There is no law more just, than that he, who plots death, should
perish by his own craft.
