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A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.
A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.
He who repents of his fault is almost guiltless.
He who repents of his fault is almost guiltless.
So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.
So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.
Two ill meales make the third a glutton.
Two ill meales make the third a glutton.
Be this our wall of brass, to be conscious of having done no
evil, and to grow pale at read more
Be this our wall of brass, to be conscious of having done no
evil, and to grow pale at no accusation.
Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.
Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.
Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.
Who doth his owne businesse, foules not his hands.
Who doth his owne businesse, foules not his hands.
