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Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.
Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.
The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
[Lat., Accerima proximorum odia.]
The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
[Lat., Accerima proximorum odia.]
By that sin fell the angels.
By that sin fell the angels.
We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.
We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.
He that followes the Lord hopes to goe before.
He that followes the Lord hopes to goe before.
Everything in art is but a copy of nature.
Everything in art is but a copy of nature.
The dog that licks ashes, trust not with meale.
The dog that licks ashes, trust not with meale.
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.
Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.
