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By many indignities we come to dignities.
By many indignities we come to dignities.
Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]
Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]
He who injures one man threatens many.
He who injures one man threatens many.
It is a great victory that comes without blood.
It is a great victory that comes without blood.
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.
The slothful is the servant of the counters.
The slothful is the servant of the counters.
Fine words dresse ill deedes.
Fine words dresse ill deedes.
Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill dyet was the
mother.
Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill dyet was the
mother.
We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and
heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those read more
We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and
heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those which are afar
off.
