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Too much of anything is bad.
Too much of anything is bad.
Into a mouth shut flies flie not.
Into a mouth shut flies flie not.
They do not love that do not show their love.
They do not love that do not show their love.
Who hath a Wolfe for his mate, needes a Dog for his man.
Who hath a Wolfe for his mate, needes a Dog for his man.
The tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.
The tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.
When war begins, then hell openeth.
When war begins, then hell openeth.
To have properly studied the liberal sciences gives a polish to
our manners, and removes all awkwardness.
To have properly studied the liberal sciences gives a polish to
our manners, and removes all awkwardness.
An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.
An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.
The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]
The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]