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He who spares the wicked injures the good.
He who spares the wicked injures the good.
A man would live in Italy (a place of pleasure) but he would
chuse to dy in Spain (where read more
A man would live in Italy (a place of pleasure) but he would
chuse to dy in Spain (where they say the Catholick Religion is
professed with greatest strictness).
The Cow knowes not what her taile is worth, till she have lost
it.
The Cow knowes not what her taile is worth, till she have lost
it.
Hell is full of good intentions.
[Sp., El infierno es lleno de buenas intenciones.]
Hell is full of good intentions.
[Sp., El infierno es lleno de buenas intenciones.]
What one day gives us, another takes away from us.
What one day gives us, another takes away from us.
None is offended but by himselfe.
None is offended but by himselfe.
One who sets off to the best advantage his every act and speech.
One who sets off to the best advantage his every act and speech.
Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.
Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
