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Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.
Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.
Better late than never.
[Lat., Potius sero quam nunquam.]
Better late than never.
[Lat., Potius sero quam nunquam.]
Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
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Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
Of guiltless joy that guilt can know.
Buy at a faire, but sell at home.
Buy at a faire, but sell at home.
If gold knew what gold is, gold would get gold I wis.
If gold knew what gold is, gold would get gold I wis.
Though this may be play to you,
'Tis death to us.
Though this may be play to you,
'Tis death to us.
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
The fault of the horse is put on the saddle.
The fault of the horse is put on the saddle.