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Nothing secure unlesse suspected.
Nothing secure unlesse suspected.
A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.
A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.
Wode has erys, felde has sigt.
Wode has erys, felde has sigt.
Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.
Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.
They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.
They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.
So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.
So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.
He that once deceives is ever suspected.
He that once deceives is ever suspected.
I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]
I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]