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TEXT_EXPL_XML <p>The most part of men hold opinion that
        Thomas of Aquine inuented the Philosophi-
        call knife, but by continuall obseruation of
        <pb n="embmne_pae1591_fac069"/>
        the planets was made so persite thorow the
        vertue and force thereof, that it cut a thicke
        and hard Anuell, euen in the middest. By this
        we must vnderstand, that in performing of a-
        ny matter whatsoeuer as it should be, we must
        not respect the long tract of time that we
        spend in it, so that by line and leuill, as they
        say, we finish all our actions. Whereupon
        Suetonius recordeth that Augustus Ceasar
        vsed this prouerbe: Sat citò, si sat bene, Sucton.
        which is, any thing is done soone enough, if it
        be done well enough.
       </p>
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SEQ 32
PARENT embmne_pae1591
TYPE emblem pictura
TIPE emblempictura
MOTTO_EN_NORM It forces not how long a thing be in doing but how well it be done
NEXT embmne_pae1591_emblem033
IIHIM MNE
; MNE_EMB
CAPTION_EN The knife of saint Thomas Aquino cuts through an anvil
SOURCE_FILE embmne_pae1591.xml
LINK_FACSIMILE embmne_pae1591_fac068
MOTTO_LA <p>Non quàm diu, sed quàm bene.
        <seg lang="en">It forceth not how long a thing be in doing
         but how well it be done.</seg></p>
HIM MNE
; MNE_EMB
IC 11H(THOMAS AQUINAS)4(+0)
; 47C31(+412)
; 47D8(KNIFE)
; 47D8(ANVIL)(+69)
; 54A2(+4)
; 86(NON QUAM DIU, SED QUAM BENE)
MOTTO_EN It forceth not how long a thing be in doing but how well it be done
URL_IMAGE embmne_pae1591_pic068.jpg
ID embmne_pae1591_emblem032
MOTTO_LA_NORM Non quam diu, sed quam bene
CHILDREN 
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