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Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from
betraying guilt!
[Heu! quam difficile est crimen non read more
Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from
betraying guilt!
[Heu! quam difficile est crimen non prodere vultu.]
Since you know all, and I nothing, tell me what I dreamed last
night.
Since you know all, and I nothing, tell me what I dreamed last
night.
A rugged stone growes smooth from hand to hand.
A rugged stone growes smooth from hand to hand.
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
Go West, young man! Go West.
Go West, young man! Go West.
To weepe for joy is a kinde of Manna.
To weepe for joy is a kinde of Manna.
Some evils are cured by contempt.
Some evils are cured by contempt.
An old wise mans shaddow is better then a young buzzards sword.
An old wise mans shaddow is better then a young buzzards sword.
