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Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!
Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!
He whom the gods love dies young, whilst he is full of health,
perception, and judgment.
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He whom the gods love dies young, whilst he is full of health,
perception, and judgment.
[Lat., Quem dii diligunt,
Adolescens moritur, dum valet, sentit, sapit.]
Whether shall the Oxe goe, where he shall not labour?
Whether shall the Oxe goe, where he shall not labour?
He carries well, to whom it waighes not.
He carries well, to whom it waighes not.
Souldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer.
Souldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
[The lion is not so fierce as they paint read more
The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
[The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.]
Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.
Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.
