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A flatterers throat is an open Sepulcher.
A flatterers throat is an open Sepulcher.
The first degree of folly is to hold ones selfe wise, the second
to professe it, the third to read more
The first degree of folly is to hold ones selfe wise, the second
to professe it, the third to despise counsell.
Speech is silvern, silence is golden.
Speech is silvern, silence is golden.
Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.
Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.
She can change her
Mind like the wind: whatever she has said
Or done, is light to read more
She can change her
Mind like the wind: whatever she has said
Or done, is light to what she'll say or do.
If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.
If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.
How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
Either wealth is much increased, or moderation is much decayed.
Either wealth is much increased, or moderation is much decayed.
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.