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Whatever you advise, be as brief as possible.
Whatever you advise, be as brief as possible.
There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage.
There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage.
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops.
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops.
The effect speakes, the tongue needes not.
The effect speakes, the tongue needes not.
Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
Bells call others, but themselves enter not into the Church.
Bells call others, but themselves enter not into the Church.
The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the
deede, the French after the deede.
The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the
deede, the French after the deede.
He whom the gods love dies young, whilst he is full of health,
perception, and judgment.
[Lat., Quem read more
He whom the gods love dies young, whilst he is full of health,
perception, and judgment.
[Lat., Quem dii diligunt,
Adolescens moritur, dum valet, sentit, sapit.]
He that praiseth himselfe spattereth himselfe.
He that praiseth himselfe spattereth himselfe.
