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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.]
The War is not don so long as my Enemy lives.
The War is not don so long as my Enemy lives.
Worship and birth to me are known
By look, by bearing, and by tone,
Not by furred read more
Worship and birth to me are known
By look, by bearing, and by tone,
Not by furred robe, or broidered zone.
Good horses make short miles.
Good horses make short miles.
They say, best men are moulded out of faults.
They say, best men are moulded out of faults.
The tongue talkes at the heads cost.
The tongue talkes at the heads cost.
Divine grace was never slow.
Divine grace was never slow.
Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long and wise experience.
Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long and wise experience.
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.