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The masters eye fattens the horse, and his foote the ground.
The masters eye fattens the horse, and his foote the ground.
A good Judge conceives quickly, judges slowly.
A good Judge conceives quickly, judges slowly.
To learn from other men's mistakes to prevent your own.
To learn from other men's mistakes to prevent your own.
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.
Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.
An excess of hoarded wealth is the death of many.
An excess of hoarded wealth is the death of many.
You kick against the goad.
You kick against the goad.
Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.
Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.
Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd,
Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest;
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Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd,
Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest;
Fate never wounds more deep the generous heart,
Than when a blockhead's insult points the dart.
