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Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
To a gratefull man give mony when he askes.
To a gratefull man give mony when he askes.
Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily
propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely
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Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily
propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely
circulated.
When things are at the worst they sometimes mend.
When things are at the worst they sometimes mend.
Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
He who says what he likes, must hear what he does not like.
He who says what he likes, must hear what he does not like.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
Some good lessons
Are also learnt from Ceres and from Bacchus,
Without whom Venus will not long read more
Some good lessons
Are also learnt from Ceres and from Bacchus,
Without whom Venus will not long attack us.
None is so wise, but the foole overtakes him.
None is so wise, but the foole overtakes him.
