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Be not caught by the cunning of those who appear in a disguise.
Be not caught by the cunning of those who appear in a disguise.
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a read more
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a harder task to prove--
By firm resolve to conquer love!
Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.
Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.
It is sheer folly to tear the hair in grief as if sorrow could be
cured by baldness.
It is sheer folly to tear the hair in grief as if sorrow could be
cured by baldness.
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.
Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze.
Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze.
Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.
Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.
There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.
There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera read more
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera panem ostentat.]
