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O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
I follow him, to serve my turn upon him.
I follow him, to serve my turn upon him.
You will not be a chip the richer.
You will not be a chip the richer.
Craft against craft makes no living.
Craft against craft makes no living.
To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a
fool.
[Lat., Cujusvis read more
To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a
fool.
[Lat., Cujusvis hominis est errare, nullius nisi insipientis in
errore perseverare.]
One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a
hundred sons one father.
One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a
hundred sons one father.
Never less alone, than when alone.
Never less alone, than when alone.
A man that is warned is half armed.
A man that is warned is half armed.
You may be on land, yet not in a garden.
You may be on land, yet not in a garden.