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Let not our proposal be disregarded on the score of our youth.
Let not our proposal be disregarded on the score of our youth.
A wise man needes not blush for changing his purpose.
A wise man needes not blush for changing his purpose.
He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
[Lat., Accerima proximorum odia.]
The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
[Lat., Accerima proximorum odia.]
Speake not of my debts, unlesse you meane to pay them.
Speake not of my debts, unlesse you meane to pay them.
A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.
A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.
He that followes the Lord hopes to goe before.
He that followes the Lord hopes to goe before.
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
What loss feels he that wots not what he loses?
What loss feels he that wots not what he loses?
