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An Idle youth, a needy Age.
An Idle youth, a needy Age.
A golden key can open any door.
A golden key can open any door.
He stands the shadow of a mighty name.
[Lat., Stat magni nominis umbra.]
He stands the shadow of a mighty name.
[Lat., Stat magni nominis umbra.]
You are his father by nature, I by counsel.
You are his father by nature, I by counsel.
Who doth his owne businesse, foules not his hands.
Who doth his owne businesse, foules not his hands.
The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.
The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
Laughter holding both his sides.
Laughter holding both his sides.
