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Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
If one swain scorns you, you will soon find another.
If one swain scorns you, you will soon find another.
Seeming genial, venial fault.
Seeming genial, venial fault.
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.]
Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth
not.
Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth
not.
My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.
My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.
The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the
wind, and the higher the tower read more
The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the
wind, and the higher the tower the greater the fall thereof.
When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.
When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.
