Pardons and pleasantnesse are great revenges of slanders.

Pardons and pleasantnesse are great revenges of slanders.

A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.

A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.

I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
[Lat., Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.]

I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
[Lat., Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.]

Whither art thou rushing to destruction?

Whither art thou rushing to destruction?

It is as well now and then not to remember all we know.

It is as well now and then not to remember all we know.

For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her
mouth is smoother than oil:
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For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her
mouth is smoother than oil:
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

Anger manages everything badly.

Anger manages everything badly.

By penitence th' Eternal's wrath's appeas'd.

By penitence th' Eternal's wrath's appeas'd.

The itch of disputing is the scab of the Church.

The itch of disputing is the scab of the Church.