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When his heart is glad
Of the full harvest, I will speak to him.
When his heart is glad
Of the full harvest, I will speak to him.
'Tis best to pause, and think, ere you rush on.
'Tis best to pause, and think, ere you rush on.
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
The vertue of a coward is suspition.
The vertue of a coward is suspition.
Do you desire not to be angry? Be not inquisitive. He who
inquires what is said of him only read more
Do you desire not to be angry? Be not inquisitive. He who
inquires what is said of him only works out his own misery.
A mind conscious of its own rectitude.
[Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]
A mind conscious of its own rectitude.
[Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]
Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest.
Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest.
O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.
O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
