Moral emblems, with aphorisms, adages, and proverbs, of all ages and nations (1862)
Cats, Jacob, 1577-1660, Farlie, Robert, Venne, Adriaen Pietersz. van de, 1589-1662, Leighton, John, 1822-1912, Pigot, Richard · London, Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts · leaf 149
king that no man mall perceive it mine.But all in vaine, flame will it selfe bewray,And through thy coat, by burning, make his way.Who in his lower heart doth hurt conceale,Hoping that nothing mall the fame reveale,He hides the torches of the helliih rout,Which will at length with violence burn:… … SELF-CONCEIT PRECLUDES IMPROVEMENT. NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE TO A WILLING MIND. Non intrandum, aut peneirandum. w Ih
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