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Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
He who fears his servants is less than a servant.
He who fears his servants is less than a servant.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
For glances beget ogles, ogles sighs,
Sighs wishes, wishes words, and words a letter.
For glances beget ogles, ogles sighs,
Sighs wishes, wishes words, and words a letter.
Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?
Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?
Neither eyes on letters, nor hands in coffers.
Neither eyes on letters, nor hands in coffers.
Feare, the Bedle of the Law.
Feare, the Bedle of the Law.
He who won't be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock.
He who won't be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock.
