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Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher,
it goes ill with the pitcher.
Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher,
it goes ill with the pitcher.
The singing man keepes his shop in his throate.
The singing man keepes his shop in his throate.
The sense of death is most in apprehension.
The sense of death is most in apprehension.
An excess of hoarded wealth is the death of many.
An excess of hoarded wealth is the death of many.
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
However exalted our position, we should still not despise the
powers of the humble.
However exalted our position, we should still not despise the
powers of the humble.
Acerra always drinks till dawn.
Acerra always drinks till dawn.
Think'st thou it honourable for a noble man
Still to remember wrongs?
Think'st thou it honourable for a noble man
Still to remember wrongs?
Princes are venison in Heaven.
Princes are venison in Heaven.
