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The effect speakes, the tongue needes not.
The effect speakes, the tongue needes not.
Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]
Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]
Great strokes make not sweete musick.
Great strokes make not sweete musick.
Let none say, I will not drinke water.
Let none say, I will not drinke water.
Folly growes without watering.
Folly growes without watering.
The first degree of folly is to hold ones selfe wise, the second
to professe it, the third to read more
The first degree of folly is to hold ones selfe wise, the second
to professe it, the third to despise counsell.
'Tis pleasant to have a large heap to take from.
'Tis pleasant to have a large heap to take from.
Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher,
it goes ill with the pitcher.
Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher,
it goes ill with the pitcher.
Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long and wise experience.
Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long and wise experience.