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We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.
We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.
Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue.
Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue.
It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.
It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.
On with the dance, let joy be unconfined.
On with the dance, let joy be unconfined.
No one can have all he desires.
No one can have all he desires.
Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
Good is to bee sought out, and evill attended.
Good is to bee sought out, and evill attended.
The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]
The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]
