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There is safety in numbers. [Lat., Defendit numerus.]
There is safety in numbers. [Lat., Defendit numerus.]
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind
without rain.
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind
without rain.
Hee that goes barefoot, must not plant thornes.
Hee that goes barefoot, must not plant thornes.
Truth and oyle are ever above.
Truth and oyle are ever above.
After the house is finisht, leave it.
After the house is finisht, leave it.
So closely our whims on our miseries tread,
That the laugh is awak'd ere the tear can be dried.
So closely our whims on our miseries tread,
That the laugh is awak'd ere the tear can be dried.
A diligent Scholer, and the Master's paid.
A diligent Scholer, and the Master's paid.
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]