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Man is to man a god or a wolf.
Man is to man a god or a wolf.
Every great house is full of saucy servants.
Every great house is full of saucy servants.
Sweet discourse makes short daies and nights.
Sweet discourse makes short daies and nights.
The maxims of men reveal their characters.
[Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.]
The maxims of men reveal their characters.
[Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.]
It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our
past life with pleasure.
It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our
past life with pleasure.
The beades in the Hand, and the Divell in Capuch (or cape of the
cloak).
The beades in the Hand, and the Divell in Capuch (or cape of the
cloak).
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.
That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.
