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Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe
councils.
[Lat., Potentiam cautis quam acribus consiliis tutius read more
Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe
councils.
[Lat., Potentiam cautis quam acribus consiliis tutius haberi.]
The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet.
The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet.
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.
An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.
It often happens, that misery will follow a marriage when the
dowry is too large.
It often happens, that misery will follow a marriage when the
dowry is too large.
The Fox knowes much, but more he that catcheth him.
The Fox knowes much, but more he that catcheth him.
