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Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
A good Judge conceives quickly, judges slowly.
A good Judge conceives quickly, judges slowly.
It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can
be successful without being envied read more
It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can
be successful without being envied and hated.]
Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it
were not begun on particular ends, it read more
Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it
were not begun on particular ends, it would last).
Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.
Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.
One of Satan's shepherdesses caught
And meant to stamp him with her master's mark.
One of Satan's shepherdesses caught
And meant to stamp him with her master's mark.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
