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Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.
Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.
It's an ill aire where wee gaine nothing.
It's an ill aire where wee gaine nothing.
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.
To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.
At Rome I love Tibur; then, like a weathercock, at Tibur Rome.
At Rome I love Tibur; then, like a weathercock, at Tibur Rome.
Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of
thee, and so hate thee.
Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of
thee, and so hate thee.
Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]
Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]
But men are men; the best sometimes forget.
But men are men; the best sometimes forget.