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Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.
Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.
To meditate an injury is to commit one.
To meditate an injury is to commit one.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
A little with quiet is the onely dyet.
A little with quiet is the onely dyet.
It is best to know the worst at once.
It is best to know the worst at once.
Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]
Good is the mora that makes all sure.
Good is the mora that makes all sure.
By that sin fell the angels.
By that sin fell the angels.
Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.
Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.
