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To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
It is best to know the worst at once.
It is best to know the worst at once.
The best of the sport is to doe the deede, and say nothing.
The best of the sport is to doe the deede, and say nothing.
Take heede of an oxe before, of an horse behind, of a monke on
all sides.
Take heede of an oxe before, of an horse behind, of a monke on
all sides.
A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.
A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.
The getting out of doors is the greatest part of the journey.
The getting out of doors is the greatest part of the journey.
The secret wound still lives within the breast.
[Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]
The secret wound still lives within the breast.
[Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]
Long jesting was never good.
Long jesting was never good.
