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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
[Lat., Imperium flagitio acquisitum nemo unquam bonis artibus read more
Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
[Lat., Imperium flagitio acquisitum nemo unquam bonis artibus
exercuit.]
The chiefe boxe of health is time.
The chiefe boxe of health is time.
What he has is of no more use to the miser than that which he has
not.
What he has is of no more use to the miser than that which he has
not.
He that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that, which not enriches him,
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He that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that, which not enriches him,
And makes me poor indeed.
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
It is a wretched thing to rest upon the fame of others, lest, the
supporting pillar being removed, the read more
It is a wretched thing to rest upon the fame of others, lest, the
supporting pillar being removed, the superstructure should
collapse in ruin.
Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.
Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.
Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools.
Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools.
