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Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.
Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.
He that knowes nothing, doubts nothing.
He that knowes nothing, doubts nothing.
Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
He that contemplates hath a day without night.
He that contemplates hath a day without night.
There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
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There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock;
the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man
with a maid.
A friend should bear a friend's infirmities,
But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.
A friend should bear a friend's infirmities,
But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.
How blessings brighten as they take their flight.
How blessings brighten as they take their flight.
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
He hath great neede of a foole, that plaies the foole himselfe.
He hath great neede of a foole, that plaies the foole himselfe.
