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Never was anything so inconsistent.
Never was anything so inconsistent.
Success gives the character of honesty to some classes of
wickedness.
Success gives the character of honesty to some classes of
wickedness.
Noble houskeepers neede no dores.
Noble houskeepers neede no dores.
Little dogs start the Hare, the great get her.
Little dogs start the Hare, the great get her.
And, oftentimes, excusing of a fault,
Doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.
And, oftentimes, excusing of a fault,
Doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.
The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]
The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]
Weariness
Can snore upon the flint when resty sloth
Finds the down pillow hard.
Weariness
Can snore upon the flint when resty sloth
Finds the down pillow hard.
Some falls the means are happier to rise.
Some falls the means are happier to rise.
You stick in the same mire.
You stick in the same mire.