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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 reasons of the poore weigh not.
The reasons of the poore weigh not.
Craft against vice I must apply.
Craft against vice I must apply.
A third Cato has dropped from the skies.
A third Cato has dropped from the skies.
Anothers bread costs deare.
Anothers bread costs deare.
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
A child correct behind and not before.
A child correct behind and not before.
Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.
Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
