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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.]
He did not care a button for it.
He did not care a button for it.
A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.
Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.
Virtue alone is happiness below.
Virtue alone is happiness below.
It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one
with kindness.
It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one
with kindness.
They that are booted are not alwaies ready.
They that are booted are not alwaies ready.
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
He whom the gods love dies young, whilst he is full of health,
perception, and judgment.
[Lat., Quem read more
He whom the gods love dies young, whilst he is full of health,
perception, and judgment.
[Lat., Quem dii diligunt,
Adolescens moritur, dum valet, sentit, sapit.]
