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Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.
Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.
Hee that will deceive the fox, must rise betimes.
Hee that will deceive the fox, must rise betimes.
Who teacheth often learns himself.
Who teacheth often learns himself.
There are more men threatned then stricken.
There are more men threatned then stricken.
Benefits please like flowers while they are fresh.
Benefits please like flowers while they are fresh.
In life you lov'd me not, in death you bewaile me.
In life you lov'd me not, in death you bewaile me.
Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.
Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.
All are presumed good, till they are found in a fault.
All are presumed good, till they are found in a fault.
There are four kinds of people, three of which are to be avoided
and the fourth cultivated: those who read more
There are four kinds of people, three of which are to be avoided
and the fourth cultivated: those who don't know that they don't
know; those who know that they don't know; those who don't know
that they know; and those who know that they know.