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Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
Spies are the ears and eyes of Princes.
Spies are the ears and eyes of Princes.
The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
[Lat., Accerima proximorum odia.]
The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
[Lat., Accerima proximorum odia.]
Sufferance is the badge of all our tribe.
Sufferance is the badge of all our tribe.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
Too much of anything is bad.
Too much of anything is bad.
We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.
We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.
Some innocents 'scape not the thunderbolt.
Some innocents 'scape not the thunderbolt.
