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The hair that covers the wit is more than the wit, for the
greater hides the less.
The hair that covers the wit is more than the wit, for the
greater hides the less.
Dearths foreseene come not.
Dearths foreseene come not.
Time flies never to be recalled.
Time flies never to be recalled.
When you have set yourself a task finish it.
When you have set yourself a task finish it.
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
Blood is thicker than water.
Blood is thicker than water.
The fault is as great as hee that is faulty.
The fault is as great as hee that is faulty.
Take heed of a step-mother; the very name of her sufficeth.
Take heed of a step-mother; the very name of her sufficeth.
Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]
