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The style is the man.
[Fr., Le style c'est l'homme.]
The style is the man.
[Fr., Le style c'est l'homme.]
The conviction of having committed a fault is its first and
greatest punishment.
The conviction of having committed a fault is its first and
greatest punishment.
I sit within a helmless bark.
I sit within a helmless bark.
If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.
If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.
If the braine sowes not corne, it plants thistles.
If the braine sowes not corne, it plants thistles.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
A cup concealed in the dress is rarely honestly carried.
A cup concealed in the dress is rarely honestly carried.
Whose house is of glasse, must not throw stones at another.
[Whose house is of glass, must not throw read more
Whose house is of glasse, must not throw stones at another.
[Whose house is of glass, must not throw stones at another.]
A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.