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You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.
Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.
Little losses amaze, great tame.
Little losses amaze, great tame.
The goate must browse where she is tyed.
The goate must browse where she is tyed.
Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]
Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]
Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from
betraying guilt!
[Heu! quam difficile est crimen non read more
Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from
betraying guilt!
[Heu! quam difficile est crimen non prodere vultu.]
When the Foxe preacheth, beware geese.
When the Foxe preacheth, beware geese.
Souldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer.
Souldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer.
