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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.]
Love askes faith, and faith firmenesse.
Love askes faith, and faith firmenesse.
To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.
To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.
To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.
To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.
The more my wrong, the more his spite appears.
The more my wrong, the more his spite appears.
Fall back upon a name? rest, rot in that?
Not keep it noble, make it nobler? Fools!
Fall back upon a name? rest, rot in that?
Not keep it noble, make it nobler? Fools!
How much a dunce that has been sent to roam
Excels a dunce that has been kept at home.
How much a dunce that has been sent to roam
Excels a dunce that has been kept at home.
Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as
possible.
Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as
possible.
