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The soft speeches of the wicked are full of deceit.
The soft speeches of the wicked are full of deceit.
Idleness ruins the constitution.
Idleness ruins the constitution.
The honied tongue hath its poison.
The honied tongue hath its poison.
Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.
Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.
Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into read more
Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into sin!
Must I give way and room to your rash choler?
Must I give way and room to your rash choler?
Simple is the language of truth.
Simple is the language of truth.
Whence is that knocking?
How is't with me, when every noise appals me?
Whence is that knocking?
How is't with me, when every noise appals me?
The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in
horses is to be found the read more
The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in
horses is to be found the excellence of their sire; nor do savage
eagles produce a peaceful dove.
[Lat., Fortes creantur fortibus et bonis;
Est in juvenis, est in equibus patrum
Virtus; nee imbellem feroces
Progenerant aquilae columbam.]
