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Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
The Chollerick drinkes, the Melancholick eats, the Flegmatick
sleepes.
The Chollerick drinkes, the Melancholick eats, the Flegmatick
sleepes.
I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.
I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.
Of all smells, bread: of all tasts, salt.
Of all smells, bread: of all tasts, salt.
He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause
for sorrow has arisen.
He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause
for sorrow has arisen.
Must I give way and room to your rash choler?
Must I give way and room to your rash choler?
Crime oft recoils upon the author's head.
Crime oft recoils upon the author's head.
