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By that sin fell the angels.
By that sin fell the angels.
Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.
Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.
Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long and wise experience.
Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long and wise experience.
The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.
The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.
You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till
afterwards.
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till
afterwards.
Everything in art is but a copy of nature.
Everything in art is but a copy of nature.
