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The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
Goods are theirs that enjoy them.
Goods are theirs that enjoy them.
Those who plot the destruction of others often perish in the
attempt.
Those who plot the destruction of others often perish in the
attempt.
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud.
Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud.
Envy will merit as its shade pursue,
But like a shadow, proves the substance true.
Envy will merit as its shade pursue,
But like a shadow, proves the substance true.
He that feares leaves, let him not goe into the wood.
He that feares leaves, let him not goe into the wood.
Better late than never.
[Lat., Potius sero quam nunquam.]
Better late than never.
[Lat., Potius sero quam nunquam.]
