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A Marchant that gaines not, looseth.
A Marchant that gaines not, looseth.
When the lightning strikes but one, not one only does it terrify.
When the lightning strikes but one, not one only does it terrify.
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.]
The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.
The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.
To him that will, waies are not wanting.
To him that will, waies are not wanting.
Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
One science only will one genius fit,
So vast is art, so narrow human wit.
One science only will one genius fit,
So vast is art, so narrow human wit.
The worst punishment of all is, that in the court of his own
conscience no guilty man is acquitted.
The worst punishment of all is, that in the court of his own
conscience no guilty man is acquitted.
