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Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
His resolution is unshaken; tears, though shed, avail not.
His resolution is unshaken; tears, though shed, avail not.
The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the
deede, the French after the deede.
The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the
deede, the French after the deede.
Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
Good & quickly seldome meete.
Good & quickly seldome meete.
The tongue talkes at the heads cost.
The tongue talkes at the heads cost.
He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had
cast himself from a precipice.
He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had
cast himself from a precipice.
Omittance is no quittance.
Omittance is no quittance.
