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Take all the swift advantage of the hours.
Take all the swift advantage of the hours.
A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.
A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.
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.]
For violent fires soon burn out themselves.
For violent fires soon burn out themselves.
Hastiness is the beginning of wrath, and its end repentance.
Hastiness is the beginning of wrath, and its end repentance.
The Germans wit is in his fingers.
The Germans wit is in his fingers.
If the braine sowes not corne, it plants thistles.
If the braine sowes not corne, it plants thistles.
The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speakes.
The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speakes.
