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Man's extremity is God's opportunity.
Man's extremity is God's opportunity.
On painting and fighting looke aloofe.
On painting and fighting looke aloofe.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of
self-control.
The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of
self-control.
Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
Though God take the sunne out of the Heaven, yet we must have
patience.
Though God take the sunne out of the Heaven, yet we must have
patience.
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.]
To the counsell of fooles a woodden bell.
To the counsell of fooles a woodden bell.
They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.
They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.
