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One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in read more
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in ours, some neighboring nation,
Taking advantage of our misery,
Hath stuffed the hollow vessels with their power,
To beat us down, the which are down already;
And make a conquest of unhappy,
Whereas no glory 's got to overcome.
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.
It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.
Spare your breath to cool your porridge.
Spare your breath to cool your porridge.
I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]
I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
God comes to see without a bell.
God comes to see without a bell.
He who gets the better of an irascible temperament conquers his
worst enemy.
He who gets the better of an irascible temperament conquers his
worst enemy.
He that hath hornes in his bosom, let him not put them on his
head.
He that hath hornes in his bosom, let him not put them on his
head.
