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Hee that bewailes himselfe hath the cure in his hands.
Hee that bewailes himselfe hath the cure in his hands.
He that will be surety, shall pay.
He that will be surety, shall pay.
The anger of those in authority is always weighty.
The anger of those in authority is always weighty.
Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.
Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.
The man of wisdom is the man of years.
The man of wisdom is the man of years.
And there stalks Discord delighted with her torn mantle.
And there stalks Discord delighted with her torn mantle.
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
Idle folks have the most labour.
Idle folks have the most labour.
No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of
others.
No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of
others.
