The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
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The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great
As when a giant dies.

Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep,
And in his simple show he harbors treason.

Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep,
And in his simple show he harbors treason.

The secret wound still lives within the breast.
[Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]

The secret wound still lives within the breast.
[Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]

Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.

Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.

When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often
mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large.

When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often
mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large.

Unless your works lead to profit, vain is your glory in them.

Unless your works lead to profit, vain is your glory in them.

More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.

More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.

The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.

The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.

Of all smells, bread: of all tasts, salt.

Of all smells, bread: of all tasts, salt.