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One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.
One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.
No one delights more in revenge than a woman.
No one delights more in revenge than a woman.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Some make a conscience of spitting in the Church, yet robbe the
Altar.
Some make a conscience of spitting in the Church, yet robbe the
Altar.
Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.
Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.
The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
[Lat., Calamitosus est animus futuri anxius.]
The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
[Lat., Calamitosus est animus futuri anxius.]
A bitter drug oft brings relief.
A bitter drug oft brings relief.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
