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An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]
An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
Heresie may be easier kept out, then shooke off.
Heresie may be easier kept out, then shooke off.
Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than
those who turn beggars.
Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than
those who turn beggars.
Our rash faults
Make trivial price of serious thing we have,
Not knowing them until we know read more
Our rash faults
Make trivial price of serious thing we have,
Not knowing them until we know their grave.
Knowledge makes one laugh, but wealth makes one dance.
Knowledge makes one laugh, but wealth makes one dance.
What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.
What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.
When prayers are done, my Lady is ready.
When prayers are done, my Lady is ready.
Bee not idle and you shall not bee longing.
Bee not idle and you shall not bee longing.
