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Trivial losses often prove great gains.
Trivial losses often prove great gains.
I will be correspondent to command.
I will be correspondent to command.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on.
Love, well thou know'st no partnership allows,
Cupid averse rejects divided vows.
Love, well thou know'st no partnership allows,
Cupid averse rejects divided vows.
Miseries of which I was an eye witness and in which I took a
chief part.
Miseries of which I was an eye witness and in which I took a
chief part.
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.
When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.
Farre shooting never kild bird.
Farre shooting never kild bird.
A man of a great memory without learning hath a rock and a
spindle, and no staffe to spin.
A man of a great memory without learning hath a rock and a
spindle, and no staffe to spin.