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Hee goes not out of his way, that goes to a good Inne.
Hee goes not out of his way, that goes to a good Inne.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
Fortune favors the brave.
[Lat., Fortes fortuna adjuvat.]
Fortune favors the brave.
[Lat., Fortes fortuna adjuvat.]
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
I hate all children of precocious talent.
I hate all children of precocious talent.
He that cockers his child, provides for his enemie.
He that cockers his child, provides for his enemie.
The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant.
The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent
without hope.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent
without hope.
It is said that the propriety even of old Cato often yielded to
the exciting influence of the grape.
It is said that the propriety even of old Cato often yielded to
the exciting influence of the grape.