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Our praises are our wages.
Our praises are our wages.
What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
That delay is our surest protection which enables us to
deliberate on the merits of our intentions.
That delay is our surest protection which enables us to
deliberate on the merits of our intentions.
Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]
Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]
An old cat sports not with her prey.
An old cat sports not with her prey.
He that studies his content, wants it.
He that studies his content, wants it.
A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.
A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.
The man who wants his wedding garments to suit him must allow
plenty of time for the measure.
The man who wants his wedding garments to suit him must allow
plenty of time for the measure.
Cares deny all rest to weary limbs.
Cares deny all rest to weary limbs.
