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Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues
We write in water.
Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues
We write in water.
The best remedy against an ill man is much ground betweene both.
The best remedy against an ill man is much ground betweene both.
The pain
Remembrance gives, when the fix'd dart
Is stirred thus in the wound again.
The pain
Remembrance gives, when the fix'd dart
Is stirred thus in the wound again.
Men of different tastes have different pursuits.
Men of different tastes have different pursuits.
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.
One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.
The honied tongue hath its poison.
The honied tongue hath its poison.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
