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Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from
betraying guilt!
[Heu! quam difficile est crimen non read more
Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from
betraying guilt!
[Heu! quam difficile est crimen non prodere vultu.]
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak
Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak
Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.
Much matter decocted into few words.
Much matter decocted into few words.
The Smith and his penny both are black.
The Smith and his penny both are black.
Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath.
Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath.
It is far easier to begin a task than to finish it.
It is far easier to begin a task than to finish it.
Time flies never to be recalled.
Time flies never to be recalled.
Better fed than taught.
Better fed than taught.
