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Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
A wise man needes not blush for changing his purpose.
A wise man needes not blush for changing his purpose.
He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
Thornes whiten yet doe nothing.
Thornes whiten yet doe nothing.
Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.
Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.
Great wit to madness sure is near allied,
And thin partitions do their bounds divide.
Great wit to madness sure is near allied,
And thin partitions do their bounds divide.
Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.
Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.
He who repents of his fault is almost guiltless.
He who repents of his fault is almost guiltless.
Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these
thresholds, within which youth dwells.
Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these
thresholds, within which youth dwells.