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The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.
The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.
What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.
What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.
It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters read more
It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters on which we should be silent.
Let me play the fool;
With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.
Let me play the fool;
With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth.
Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth.
Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.
Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.
The monarch drank that happy hour
The sweetest, noblest draught of power.
The monarch drank that happy hour
The sweetest, noblest draught of power.
We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes
us.
We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes
us.
