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Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?
Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?
The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.
The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.
Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.
Fooles bite one another, but wise-men agree together.
Fooles bite one another, but wise-men agree together.
He stands the shadow of a mighty name.
[Lat., Stat magni nominis umbra.]
He stands the shadow of a mighty name.
[Lat., Stat magni nominis umbra.]
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.
The good refrain from sin from the pure love of virtue.
The good refrain from sin from the pure love of virtue.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
