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What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
Spies are the ears and eyes of Princes.
Spies are the ears and eyes of Princes.
It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.
It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.
What sweeter gift from nature has fallen to the lot of man than
his children?
What sweeter gift from nature has fallen to the lot of man than
his children?
He that will take the bird, must not skare it.
He that will take the bird, must not skare it.
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
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Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike;
Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,
A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend.
Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
None is a foole alwaies, everyone sometimes.
None is a foole alwaies, everyone sometimes.
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
