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Where ignorance is bliss,
'Tis folly to be wise.
Where ignorance is bliss,
'Tis folly to be wise.
What the law will compel you to do, do of your own free will.
What the law will compel you to do, do of your own free will.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
[Lat., Noli equi dentes inspicere donati.]
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
[Lat., Noli equi dentes inspicere donati.]
In my integrity I'll wrap me up.
In my integrity I'll wrap me up.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
He makes himself ridiculous who is for ever repeating the same
mistake.
He makes himself ridiculous who is for ever repeating the same
mistake.
Hee that lookes not before, finds himselfe behind.
Hee that lookes not before, finds himselfe behind.
Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?
Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?
The mill cannot grind with water that's past.
The mill cannot grind with water that's past.
