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The day is short, the work is much.
The day is short, the work is much.
A great fortune enslaves its owner.
A great fortune enslaves its owner.
The finishing stroke of all sorrow.
The finishing stroke of all sorrow.
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.
O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.
Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]
Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]
A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.
A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.
