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Honesty is the best policy.
Honesty is the best policy.
He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
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.]
Better spare to have of thine own, then aske of other men.
Better spare to have of thine own, then aske of other men.
Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.
Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.
In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to
their fellow creatures.
In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to
their fellow creatures.
