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Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from
betraying guilt!
[Heu! quam difficile est crimen non read more
Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from
betraying guilt!
[Heu! quam difficile est crimen non prodere vultu.]
Good is the mora that makes all sure.
Good is the mora that makes all sure.
If the braine sowes not corne, it plants thistles.
If the braine sowes not corne, it plants thistles.
Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.
Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
Impotent fury rages powerless and to no purpose.
Impotent fury rages powerless and to no purpose.
What prevents a man's speaking good sense with a smile on his
face?
What prevents a man's speaking good sense with a smile on his
face?
The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.
The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.
The mountains are in labour, the birth will be an absurd little
mouse.
The mountains are in labour, the birth will be an absurd little
mouse.