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It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters read more
It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters on which we should be silent.
With emptie hands men may no haukes lure.
With emptie hands men may no haukes lure.
He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.
He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.
Good hay, sweet hay, hath no fellow.
Good hay, sweet hay, hath no fellow.
You walk over red-hot lava hidden beneath treacherous ashes.
You walk over red-hot lava hidden beneath treacherous ashes.
The end crowns all,
And that old common arbitrator, Time,
Will one day end it.
The end crowns all,
And that old common arbitrator, Time,
Will one day end it.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.
Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.