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He who spares the wicked injures the good.
He who spares the wicked injures the good.
Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?
Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?
He that burnes most shines most.
He that burnes most shines most.
All came from, and will goe to others.
All came from, and will goe to others.
'Tis dangerous to take a cold, to sleep, to drink; but I tell you,
my lord fool, out of read more
'Tis dangerous to take a cold, to sleep, to drink; but I tell you,
my lord fool, out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower,
safety.
An undertaking beset with danger.
An undertaking beset with danger.
Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your read more
Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your depth.]
Neither cast your pearls before swine.
Neither cast your pearls before swine.