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On painting and fighting looke aloofe.
On painting and fighting looke aloofe.
Evils have their comfort, good none can support.
Evils have their comfort, good none can support.
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from
heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of read more
The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from
heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of those who covet nothing.
[Lat., Quanto quisque sibi plura negaverit,
A dis plura feret. Nil cupientium
Nudus castra peto.]
By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
You shall never want rope enough.
You shall never want rope enough.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
Villany reduces those whom it defiles to the same level.
Villany reduces those whom it defiles to the same level.
