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The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in
horses is to be found the read more
The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in
horses is to be found the excellence of their sire; nor do savage
eagles produce a peaceful dove.
[Lat., Fortes creantur fortibus et bonis;
Est in juvenis, est in equibus patrum
Virtus; nee imbellem feroces
Progenerant aquilae columbam.]
Ready mony is a ready Medicine.
Ready mony is a ready Medicine.
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king read more
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king so strong
Can tie the gall up in the slanderous tongue?
Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
So obliging that he ne'er obliged.
So obliging that he ne'er obliged.
The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of
self-control.
The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of
self-control.
Life like an empty dream flits by.
Life like an empty dream flits by.
A woman conceales what shee knowes not.
A woman conceales what shee knowes not.
To a crafty man, a crafty and an halfe.
To a crafty man, a crafty and an halfe.
