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A wise man needes not blush for changing his purpose.
A wise man needes not blush for changing his purpose.
Hee that lookes not before, finds himselfe behind.
Hee that lookes not before, finds himselfe behind.
Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth.
Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth.
He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
Many a smale maketh a grate.
Many a smale maketh a grate.
O that Jupiter would but bring back to me the years that have
passed!
O that Jupiter would but bring back to me the years that have
passed!
Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient
for me.
Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient
for me.
