It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.
[Lat., Pars sanitatis velle sanari fruit.]

It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.
[Lat., Pars sanitatis velle sanari fruit.]

Better a bad excuse, than none at all.

Better a bad excuse, than none at all.

As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
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As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him to think what kind of bird it is,
That sings so delicately clear, and make
Conjecture of the plumage and the form.

Whatever you advise, be as brief as possible.

Whatever you advise, be as brief as possible.

Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.

Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.

Immodest words admit of no defence;
For want of decency is want of sense.

Immodest words admit of no defence;
For want of decency is want of sense.

The jackdaw, stript of her stolen colours, provokes our laughter.

The jackdaw, stript of her stolen colours, provokes our laughter.

Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
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Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
Ride more than thou goest,
Learn more than thou trowest,
Set less than thou throwest;
Leave thy drink and thy whore,
And keep in-a-door,
And thou shalt have more
Than two tens to a score.

Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]

Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]