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God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
And Jove but laughs at lovers' perjury.
And Jove but laughs at lovers' perjury.
Marry a widdow before she leave mourning.
Marry a widdow before she leave mourning.
No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime.
No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime.
For men, at most, differ as heaven and earth;
But women, worst and best, as heaven and hell.
For men, at most, differ as heaven and earth;
But women, worst and best, as heaven and hell.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
Whom has not the inspiring bowl made eloquent?
[Lat., Foecundi calices quem non fecere disertum.]
Whom has not the inspiring bowl made eloquent?
[Lat., Foecundi calices quem non fecere disertum.]
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.
