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Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.
Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.
We hate the hawk because he ever lives in battle.
We hate the hawk because he ever lives in battle.
Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]
Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]
What your glasse telles you, will not be told by Councell.
What your glasse telles you, will not be told by Councell.
He that tells a secret is anothers servant.
He that tells a secret is anothers servant.
He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself.
He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself.
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp'd,
Doth burn the heart to cinders, where it is.
Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp'd,
Doth burn the heart to cinders, where it is.
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
