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Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.
Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.
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.
A sly piece of good luck, which nobody knows of is delightful.
A sly piece of good luck, which nobody knows of is delightful.
Wine-Counsels seldome prosper.
Wine-Counsels seldome prosper.
Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.
Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
And there stalks Discord delighted with her torn mantle.
And there stalks Discord delighted with her torn mantle.
A word once spoken cannot be recalled.
A word once spoken cannot be recalled.
