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Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
A wise man does nothing by constraint.
A wise man does nothing by constraint.
The far-off interest of tears.
The far-off interest of tears.
Fortune, by being too lavish of her favours on a man, only makes
a fool of him.
Fortune, by being too lavish of her favours on a man, only makes
a fool of him.
It's a wicked thing to make a dearth ones garner.
It's a wicked thing to make a dearth ones garner.
He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
The sight of a man hath the force of a Lyon.
The sight of a man hath the force of a Lyon.
The best bred have the best portion.
The best bred have the best portion.
Want of pluck shows want of blood.
Want of pluck shows want of blood.
