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.]

A good Judge conceives quickly, judges slowly.

A good Judge conceives quickly, judges slowly.

The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the
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The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the
wind, and the higher the tower the greater the fall thereof.

I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop read more

I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop a little from her hand,
Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves,
And with a silk thread plucks it back again.

The absent partie is still faultie.

The absent partie is still faultie.

Feare, the Bedle of the Law.

Feare, the Bedle of the Law.

Who hath no head, needes no heart.

Who hath no head, needes no heart.

That father perished at the stake
For tenets he would not forsake.

That father perished at the stake
For tenets he would not forsake.

Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.

Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.