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The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.
The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.
Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.
Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.
Man's extremity is God's opportunity.
Man's extremity is God's opportunity.
Where your will is ready, your feete are light.
Where your will is ready, your feete are light.
Cover your selfe with your shield, and care not for cryes.
Cover your selfe with your shield, and care not for cryes.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
Acerra always drinks till dawn.
Acerra always drinks till dawn.
