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The table robbes more then a thiefe.
The table robbes more then a thiefe.
The stern delight that warriors feel
In foemen worthy of their steel.
The stern delight that warriors feel
In foemen worthy of their steel.
Beware the fury of a patient man.
Beware the fury of a patient man.
Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget
it.
Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget
it.
He, who holds out but a doubtful hope of succour to the
afflicted, denies it.
He, who holds out but a doubtful hope of succour to the
afflicted, denies it.
Ill natures, the more you aske them, the more they stick.
Ill natures, the more you aske them, the more they stick.
Accursed poison lies hid beneath sweet honey.
Accursed poison lies hid beneath sweet honey.
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]
