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How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
What's done can't be undone.
[Fr., Ce qui est faicr ne se peult desfaire.]
What's done can't be undone.
[Fr., Ce qui est faicr ne se peult desfaire.]
Speech is silvern, silence is golden.
Speech is silvern, silence is golden.
The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in
horses is to be found the read more
The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in
horses is to be found the excellence of their sire; nor do savage
eagles produce a peaceful dove.
[Lat., Fortes creantur fortibus et bonis;
Est in juvenis, est in equibus patrum
Virtus; nee imbellem feroces
Progenerant aquilae columbam.]
Good Americans when they die go to Paris.
Good Americans when they die go to Paris.
A bitter drug oft brings relief.
A bitter drug oft brings relief.
Sweet is revenge--especially to women.
Sweet is revenge--especially to women.
He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.
He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.
