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Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.
Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.
Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his
girdle.
Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his
girdle.
The blind eate many a flie.
The blind eate many a flie.
He that hath a mouth of his owne, must not say to another; Blow.
He that hath a mouth of his owne, must not say to another; Blow.
The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.
The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.
Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.
Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.
