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Whatever is made by the hand of man, by the hand of man may be
overturned.
Whatever is made by the hand of man, by the hand of man may be
overturned.
Better to be blinde, then to see ill.
Better to be blinde, then to see ill.
Time stoops to no man's lure.
Time stoops to no man's lure.
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
Charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
Mystery magnifies danger, as the fog does the sun.
Mystery magnifies danger, as the fog does the sun.
He stands the shadow of a mighty name.
[Lat., Stat magni nominis umbra.]
He stands the shadow of a mighty name.
[Lat., Stat magni nominis umbra.]