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Vertue now is in herbs and stones and words onely.
Vertue now is in herbs and stones and words onely.
That, which has not its alternation of rest, will not last long.
That, which has not its alternation of rest, will not last long.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
From the disease of one the whole flock perishes.
From the disease of one the whole flock perishes.
What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?
What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?
The War is not don so long as my Enemy lives.
The War is not don so long as my Enemy lives.
Night is the mother of Councels.
Night is the mother of Councels.
Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long and wise experience.
Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long and wise experience.
