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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.
Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.
The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]
The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]
Leave jesting whiles it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest.
Leave jesting whiles it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest.
The cask will long retain the flavour of the wine with which it
was first seasoned.
The cask will long retain the flavour of the wine with which it
was first seasoned.
Silkes and Satins put out the fire in the chimney.
Silkes and Satins put out the fire in the chimney.
A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
Lips that touch liquor will never touch mine.
Lips that touch liquor will never touch mine.
