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We cannot come to honour under Coverlet.
We cannot come to honour under Coverlet.
Small endeavours obtain strength by unity of action: the most
powerful are broken down by discord.
Small endeavours obtain strength by unity of action: the most
powerful are broken down by discord.
The mind still longs for what it has missed, and loses itself in
the contemplation of the past.
The mind still longs for what it has missed, and loses itself in
the contemplation of the past.
The crow bewailes the sheepe, and then eates it.
The crow bewailes the sheepe, and then eates it.
Benefits please like flowers while they are fresh.
Benefits please like flowers while they are fresh.
He that hath no ill fortune is troubled with good.
He that hath no ill fortune is troubled with good.
Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue.
Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue.
A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad,
will work out his ruin.
A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad,
will work out his ruin.
Hee that gives thee a bone, would not have thee die.
Hee that gives thee a bone, would not have thee die.
