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The beast that goes alwaies never wants blowes.
The beast that goes alwaies never wants blowes.
Timid dogs more eagerly bark than bite.
Timid dogs more eagerly bark than bite.
That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.
That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.
The Court hath no Almanack.
The Court hath no Almanack.
He may as well not thank at all, who thanks when none are by.
He may as well not thank at all, who thanks when none are by.
Marry your daughters betimes, lest they marry themselves.
Marry your daughters betimes, lest they marry themselves.
Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
It adds to the glory both of soule and body.
It adds to the glory both of soule and body.
