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Building and marrying of Children are great wasters.
Building and marrying of Children are great wasters.
Criticks are like brushers of Noblemens cloaths.
Criticks are like brushers of Noblemens cloaths.
When clouds are seen wise men put on their cloaks;
When great leaves fall then winter is at hand.
When clouds are seen wise men put on their cloaks;
When great leaves fall then winter is at hand.
Nothing is more obnoxious than a low person raised to a high
position.
Nothing is more obnoxious than a low person raised to a high
position.
Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest.
Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest.
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.]
What's gone, and what's past help,
Should be past grieve.
What's gone, and what's past help,
Should be past grieve.
When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
Neither cast your pearls before swine.
Neither cast your pearls before swine.
