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A man of a great memory without learning hath a rock and a
spindle, and no staffe to spin.
A man of a great memory without learning hath a rock and a
spindle, and no staffe to spin.
Consider an enemy may become a friend.
Consider an enemy may become a friend.
A fair face may make a foul bargain.
A fair face may make a foul bargain.
I hate all children of precocious talent.
I hate all children of precocious talent.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
Bear and forbear.
Bear and forbear.
Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age,
nor the advance of death, which cannot be read more
Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age,
nor the advance of death, which cannot be resisted.
Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe
councils.
[Lat., Potentiam cautis quam acribus consiliis tutius read more
Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe
councils.
[Lat., Potentiam cautis quam acribus consiliis tutius haberi.]
