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Simple is the language of truth.
Simple is the language of truth.
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
Since you know all, and I nothing, tell me what I dreamed last
night.
Since you know all, and I nothing, tell me what I dreamed last
night.
Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
God complaines not, but doth what is fitting.
God complaines not, but doth what is fitting.
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.
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
A hand may first, and then a lip be kiss'd.
A hand may first, and then a lip be kiss'd.
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
