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Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
The act is judged of by the event.
The act is judged of by the event.
He that thinks amiss, concludes worse.
He that thinks amiss, concludes worse.
Great actions are not always true sons
Of great and mighty resolutions.
Great actions are not always true sons
Of great and mighty resolutions.
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
A faire death honours the whole life.
A faire death honours the whole life.
They appear but here and there swimming in the vasty deep. [The
portions of some books really worth notice read more
They appear but here and there swimming in the vasty deep. [The
portions of some books really worth notice are few and far
between.]
You have but fed on the roses, and lain in the lilies of life.
You have but fed on the roses, and lain in the lilies of life.
