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No mortal man is wise at all times.
No mortal man is wise at all times.
What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted.
What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted.
Let the worst come to the worst.
Let the worst come to the worst.
(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.
(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.
Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.
Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.
Fortune, by being too lavish of her favours on a man, only makes
a fool of him.
Fortune, by being too lavish of her favours on a man, only makes
a fool of him.
Prosperity lets goe the bridle.
[Prosperity lets go the bridle.]
Prosperity lets goe the bridle.
[Prosperity lets go the bridle.]
A man of a great memory without learning hath a rock and a
spindle, and no staffe to spin.
A man of a great memory without learning hath a rock and a
spindle, and no staffe to spin.
