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There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse
of brain, says the Spaniard.
There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse
of brain, says the Spaniard.
Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
Justice pleaseth few in their owne house.
Justice pleaseth few in their owne house.
How much in love with himself, and that too without a rival!
How much in love with himself, and that too without a rival!
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]
The singing man keepes his shop in his throate.
The singing man keepes his shop in his throate.
Falsehoods border on truths.
Falsehoods border on truths.
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.
For murder though it have no tongue, will speak
With most miraculous organ.
For murder though it have no tongue, will speak
With most miraculous organ.