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When men grow virtuous in their old age they are merely making a
sacrifice to God of the devil's read more
When men grow virtuous in their old age they are merely making a
sacrifice to God of the devil's leavings.
All are presumed good, till they are found in a fault.
All are presumed good, till they are found in a fault.
The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.
The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.
What may be done at any time will be done at no time.
What may be done at any time will be done at no time.
An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.
An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.
Whether shall the Oxe goe, where he shall not labour?
Whether shall the Oxe goe, where he shall not labour?
The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]
The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]
He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
They say, best men are moulded out of faults.
They say, best men are moulded out of faults.
