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Anger is like
A full hot horse, who being allowed his way,
Self-mettle tires him.
Anger is like
A full hot horse, who being allowed his way,
Self-mettle tires him.
A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.
A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.
He hath great neede of a foole, that plaies the foole himselfe.
He hath great neede of a foole, that plaies the foole himselfe.
There is no disputing about taste.
[Lat., De gustibus non disputandum.]
There is no disputing about taste.
[Lat., De gustibus non disputandum.]
Think'st thou it honourable for a noble man
Still to remember wrongs?
Think'st thou it honourable for a noble man
Still to remember wrongs?
Working and making a fire doth discretion require.
Working and making a fire doth discretion require.
He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.
He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.