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Beware the fury of a patient man.
Beware the fury of a patient man.
He that contemplates hath a day without night.
He that contemplates hath a day without night.
A man would live in Italy (a place of pleasure) but he would
chuse to dy in Spain (where read more
A man would live in Italy (a place of pleasure) but he would
chuse to dy in Spain (where they say the Catholick Religion is
professed with greatest strictness).
Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.
Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.
If the fish had not opened its mouth, it would not have been
caught.
If the fish had not opened its mouth, it would not have been
caught.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
He that is once borne, once must dy.
He that is once borne, once must dy.
The Court hath no Almanack.
The Court hath no Almanack.
Hit the nail on the head.
Hit the nail on the head.
