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We praise old times, but show no curiosity about modern events.
We praise old times, but show no curiosity about modern events.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.
To learn from other men's mistakes to prevent your own.
To learn from other men's mistakes to prevent your own.
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
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There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
Wee leave more to do when wee dye, then wee have done.
Wee leave more to do when wee dye, then wee have done.
Woes cluster; rare are solitary woes;
They love a train, they tread each other's heel.
Woes cluster; rare are solitary woes;
They love a train, they tread each other's heel.
A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.
A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.
Thou will scare be a man before thy mother.
Thou will scare be a man before thy mother.
Troy owes to Homer what whist owes to Hoyle.
Troy owes to Homer what whist owes to Hoyle.
