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Hee that makes himself a sheep, shall be eat by the wolfe.
Hee that makes himself a sheep, shall be eat by the wolfe.
The would-be wits and can't-be gentlemen.
The would-be wits and can't-be gentlemen.
The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.
The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.
Consider not what may do, but what it will become you to do.
Consider not what may do, but what it will become you to do.
In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand
griefes prove.
In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand
griefes prove.
That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle
and the distaffe.
That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle
and the distaffe.
Prevention is better than cure.
Prevention is better than cure.
I strive to mould circumstances to myself, not myself to
circumstances.
I strive to mould circumstances to myself, not myself to
circumstances.
To have properly studied the liberal sciences gives a polish to
our manners, and removes all awkwardness.
To have properly studied the liberal sciences gives a polish to
our manners, and removes all awkwardness.