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In the world who knowes not to swimme, goes to the bottome.
In the world who knowes not to swimme, goes to the bottome.
Hee goes not out of his way, that goes to a good Inne.
Hee goes not out of his way, that goes to a good Inne.
When the tree is fallen, all goe with their hatchet.
When the tree is fallen, all goe with their hatchet.
The conviction of having committed a fault is its first and
greatest punishment.
The conviction of having committed a fault is its first and
greatest punishment.
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
God heales, and the Physitian hath the thankes.
God heales, and the Physitian hath the thankes.
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
A lucky chance, that oft decides the fate
Of mighty monarchs.
A lucky chance, that oft decides the fate
Of mighty monarchs.
There rose no day, there roll'd no hour
Of pleasure unembitter'd;
And not a trapping deck'd my read more
There rose no day, there roll'd no hour
Of pleasure unembitter'd;
And not a trapping deck'd my power,
That gall'd not while it glitter'd.