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A word once spoken cannot be recalled.
A word once spoken cannot be recalled.
Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
He gives twice who gives quickly.
[Lat., Bis dat qui cito dat.]
- credited to Publius read more
He gives twice who gives quickly.
[Lat., Bis dat qui cito dat.]
- credited to Publius Syrus Mimus,
No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.
Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.
The fellow is either a madman or a poet.
The fellow is either a madman or a poet.
Hee that would be a Gentleman, let him goe to an assault.
Hee that would be a Gentleman, let him goe to an assault.
A pittifull looke askes enough.
A pittifull looke askes enough.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
