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He confesses his guilt who flies from his trial.
He confesses his guilt who flies from his trial.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
It is the Philosophy of the Distaffe.
It is the Philosophy of the Distaffe.
What your glasse telles you, will not be told by Councell.
What your glasse telles you, will not be told by Councell.
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
In trying to be concise I become obscure.
In trying to be concise I become obscure.
The best of the sport is to doe the deede, and say nothing.
The best of the sport is to doe the deede, and say nothing.
A new broome sweepeth cleane.
A new broome sweepeth cleane.
