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Power seldome grows old at Court.
Power seldome grows old at Court.
That is not good language which all understand not.
That is not good language which all understand not.
If half thy outward graces had been placed
About the thoughts and counsels of thy heart.
If half thy outward graces had been placed
About the thoughts and counsels of thy heart.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
Those that God loves, do not live long.
Those that God loves, do not live long.
Subtlety set a trap and caught itself.
Subtlety set a trap and caught itself.
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
