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The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means read more
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means of attack, the other as a means
of defence.
Faire words makes mee looke to my purse.
Faire words makes mee looke to my purse.
Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.
Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.
The man of wisdom is the man of years.
The man of wisdom is the man of years.
The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
There are four kinds of people, three of which are to be avoided
and the fourth cultivated: those who read more
There are four kinds of people, three of which are to be avoided
and the fourth cultivated: those who don't know that they don't
know; those who know that they don't know; those who don't know
that they know; and those who know that they know.
The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.
The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.
To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an
injustice in itself; to expect read more
To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an
injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the
unjust, is simple folly.
