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Speak the truth, but leave immediately after.
Speak the truth, but leave immediately after.
O churl! drink all; and leave no friendly drop!
O churl! drink all; and leave no friendly drop!
Hee that tells his wife newes is but newly married.
Hee that tells his wife newes is but newly married.
The net is not spread for the hawk or the kite.
The net is not spread for the hawk or the kite.
The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one
difficulty involves us in another.
The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one
difficulty involves us in another.
There's no such conquering weapon as the necessity of conquering.
There's no such conquering weapon as the necessity of conquering.
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
