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Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
God gives his wrath by weight, and without weight his mercy.
God gives his wrath by weight, and without weight his mercy.
It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided.
It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided.
Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with
increased violence.
Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with
increased violence.
The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.
The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.
To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]
To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]
He says anything that first comes into his mouth.
He says anything that first comes into his mouth.
A trade is better then service.
A trade is better then service.
A great dowry is a bed full of brables.
A great dowry is a bed full of brables.
