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None is offended but by himselfe.
None is offended but by himselfe.
When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.
When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.
Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
He that cockers his child, provides for his enemie.
He that cockers his child, provides for his enemie.
He that gives all before hee dies provides to suffer.
He that gives all before hee dies provides to suffer.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]
The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]
