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He that contemplates hath a day without night.
He that contemplates hath a day without night.
Amid the roses fierce Repentance rears
Her snaky crest.
Amid the roses fierce Repentance rears
Her snaky crest.
So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.
Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in
horses is to be found the read more
The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in
horses is to be found the excellence of their sire; nor do savage
eagles produce a peaceful dove.
[Lat., Fortes creantur fortibus et bonis;
Est in juvenis, est in equibus patrum
Virtus; nee imbellem feroces
Progenerant aquilae columbam.]
Two ill meales make the third a glutton.
Two ill meales make the third a glutton.
You will not be a chip the richer.
You will not be a chip the richer.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
