The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

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C'est une importune garde, du secret des princes, à qui n'en à que faire. The secret counsels of princes are a troublesome burden to such as have only to execute them.— MONTAIGNE — Essais. III. 1.
Che spesso avvien che ne' maggior perigli Son più audaci gli ottimi consigli. For when last need to desperation driveth, Who dareth most he wisest counsel giveth.— TASSO — Gerusalemme. VI. 6.
Dicen, que el primer consejo Ha de ser de la muger. They say that the best counsel is that of woman.— CALDERON — El Médico de su Honra.
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