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An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]
An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]
The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.
The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.
The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the
wind, and the higher the tower read more
The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the
wind, and the higher the tower the greater the fall thereof.
The corne hides it self in the snow, as an old man in furrs.
The corne hides it self in the snow, as an old man in furrs.
For want of a naile the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the
horse is lost, for read more
For want of a naile the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the
horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost.
He that is surprized with the first frost feeles it all the
winter after.
He that is surprized with the first frost feeles it all the
winter after.
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.
The evening praises the day, and the morning a frost.
The evening praises the day, and the morning a frost.
An excess of hoarded wealth is the death of many.
An excess of hoarded wealth is the death of many.
