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The Wolfe knowes, what the ill beast thinkes.
The Wolfe knowes, what the ill beast thinkes.
Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe
councils.
[Lat., Potentiam cautis quam acribus consiliis tutius read more
Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe
councils.
[Lat., Potentiam cautis quam acribus consiliis tutius haberi.]
Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.
Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.
Hee that lies with the dogs, riseth with fleas.
Hee that lies with the dogs, riseth with fleas.
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, according as
he pleased and displeased them. . read more
If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, according as
he pleased and displeased them. . . . I am no true man.
The offender never pardons.
The offender never pardons.
There is an order
Of mortals on the earth, who do become
Old in their youth, and read more
There is an order
Of mortals on the earth, who do become
Old in their youth, and die ere middle age.
Unto the pure all things are pure.
Unto the pure all things are pure.