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To meditate an injury is to commit one.
To meditate an injury is to commit one.
He that burnes most shines most.
He that burnes most shines most.
Sweet is pleasure after pain.
Sweet is pleasure after pain.
To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to
Vespasian's tax on ordure.]
The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to
Vespasian's tax on ordure.]
Never had ill workeman good tooles.
Never had ill workeman good tooles.
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
Men's language is as their lives.
Men's language is as their lives.
The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
[Lat., Accerima proximorum odia.]
The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
[Lat., Accerima proximorum odia.]
