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Some evils are cured by contempt.
Some evils are cured by contempt.
A fool's bolt is soon shot.
A fool's bolt is soon shot.
There is no disputing about taste.
[Lat., De gustibus non disputandum.]
There is no disputing about taste.
[Lat., De gustibus non disputandum.]
He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy read more
With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy ambition finds.
Every tub must stand upon its bottom.
Every tub must stand upon its bottom.
The words ending in Ique do mocke the Physician (as Hectique,
Paralitique, Apoplectique, Lethargique).
The words ending in Ique do mocke the Physician (as Hectique,
Paralitique, Apoplectique, Lethargique).
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
One faire day in winter makes not birds merrie.
One faire day in winter makes not birds merrie.
