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If the destructive dice-box has pleasures for the father, the son
will be a gambler.
If the destructive dice-box has pleasures for the father, the son
will be a gambler.
Comparisons are odious.
Comparisons are odious.
Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]
Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]
Great king,
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Great king,
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.
Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.
A mans discontent is his worst evill.
A mans discontent is his worst evill.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
Villany reduces those whom it defiles to the same level.
Villany reduces those whom it defiles to the same level.