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Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.
Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud read more
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not, and
our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our
virtues.
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
A simple maiden in her flower
Is worth a hundred coats of arms.
A simple maiden in her flower
Is worth a hundred coats of arms.
Great men have reaching hands.
Great men have reaching hands.
Virtue alone is happiness below.
Virtue alone is happiness below.
It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can
be successful without being envied read more
It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can
be successful without being envied and hated.]
The fish which has once felt the hook, suspects the crooked metal
in every food which offers.
The fish which has once felt the hook, suspects the crooked metal
in every food which offers.
He will be the last to discover the disgrace of his house.
He will be the last to discover the disgrace of his house.
