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A word spoken in due season, how good is it!
A word spoken in due season, how good is it!
He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe.
He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe.
It is difficult to whistle and drink at the same time.
It is difficult to whistle and drink at the same time.
Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe
councils.
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Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe
councils.
[Lat., Potentiam cautis quam acribus consiliis tutius haberi.]
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.
So many men in Court and so many strangers.
So many men in Court and so many strangers.
Wishing, of all employments is the worst.
Wishing, of all employments is the worst.
There is never a lawsuit but a woman is at the bottom of it.
There is never a lawsuit but a woman is at the bottom of it.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.