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Once let good faith be abandoned, and all social existence would
perish.
Once let good faith be abandoned, and all social existence would
perish.
No one should be judge in his own cause.
No one should be judge in his own cause.
In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you
embrace another.
In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you
embrace another.
Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]
Every fat (vat) must stand upon its bottom.
Every fat (vat) must stand upon its bottom.
Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.
Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.
You may suppress natural propensities by force, but they will be
certain to re-appear.
You may suppress natural propensities by force, but they will be
certain to re-appear.
An idle head is a boxe for the winde.
An idle head is a boxe for the winde.
The reverse side also has a reverse side.
The reverse side also has a reverse side.
