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The secret wound still lives within the breast.
[Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]
The secret wound still lives within the breast.
[Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]
What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.
What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.
Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.
Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.
He that contemplates hath a day without night.
He that contemplates hath a day without night.
A Horse made, and a man to make.
A Horse made, and a man to make.
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with
all thy getting get understanding.
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with
all thy getting get understanding.
Life without a friend is death without a witnesse.
Life without a friend is death without a witnesse.
Gifts enter every where without a wimble.
Gifts enter every where without a wimble.
