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Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
Hee stands not surely, that never slips.
Hee stands not surely, that never slips.
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the
quick. [To succeed he will read more
He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the
quick. [To succeed he will have to puzzle his brains and work
hard.]
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
A good Judge conceives quickly, judges slowly.
A good Judge conceives quickly, judges slowly.
The question is yet before the court.
The question is yet before the court.
A white wall is the paper of a foole.
A white wall is the paper of a foole.
And with necessity,
The tyrant's plea, excused his devilish deeds.
And with necessity,
The tyrant's plea, excused his devilish deeds.
