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Often a silent face has voice and words.
[Lat., Saepe tacens vocem verbaque vultus habet.]
Often a silent face has voice and words.
[Lat., Saepe tacens vocem verbaque vultus habet.]
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.
In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?
In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?
No one delights more in revenge than a woman.
No one delights more in revenge than a woman.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing.
'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands;
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Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing.
'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands;
But he that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that which not enriches him
And makes me poor indeed.
The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.
The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.
