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Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
That he suspects none.
Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
That he suspects none.
Idle people have the least leisure.
Idle people have the least leisure.
As fierce as hell, or fiercer still,
A woman piqued who has her will.
As fierce as hell, or fiercer still,
A woman piqued who has her will.
Time is the Rider that breakes youth.
Time is the Rider that breakes youth.
He whom the gods love dies young, whilst he is full of health,
perception, and judgment.
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He whom the gods love dies young, whilst he is full of health,
perception, and judgment.
[Lat., Quem dii diligunt,
Adolescens moritur, dum valet, sentit, sapit.]
He that is warme, thinkes all so.
He that is warme, thinkes all so.
In every country dogges bite.
In every country dogges bite.
Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.
Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.
Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.
Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.
