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Speake fitly, or be silent wisely.
Speake fitly, or be silent wisely.
Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.
Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.
One stroke fells not an oke.
One stroke fells not an oke.
There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
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There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock;
the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man
with a maid.
Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]
Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
Wine that cost nothing is digested before it be drunke.
Wine that cost nothing is digested before it be drunke.
What is to be once resolved on should be first often well
considered.
What is to be once resolved on should be first often well
considered.
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband.
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband.