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That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat
Of habit's devil.
That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat
Of habit's devil.
Where there is no honour, there is no griefe.
Where there is no honour, there is no griefe.
Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
[Lat., In regione caecorum rex est luscus.]
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
[Lat., In regione caecorum rex est luscus.]
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day
may bring forth.
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day
may bring forth.
Demons in act, but gods at least in face.
Demons in act, but gods at least in face.
Brabling Curres never want torne eares.
Brabling Curres never want torne eares.
He is the least in want who is the least covetous.
He is the least in want who is the least covetous.
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
