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Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
The habitual living in prosperity is most injurious.
The habitual living in prosperity is most injurious.
It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies, seldom safe to
venture to instruct, even our friends.
It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies, seldom safe to
venture to instruct, even our friends.
Craft against craft makes no living.
Craft against craft makes no living.
Fighting without concert, they suffer universal defeat.
Fighting without concert, they suffer universal defeat.
Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
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Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
Ride more than thou goest,
Learn more than thou trowest,
Set less than thou throwest;
Leave thy drink and thy whore,
And keep in-a-door,
And thou shalt have more
Than two tens to a score.
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so,
execute with vigour.
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so,
execute with vigour.
Ships feare fire more then water.
Ships feare fire more then water.
God provides for him that trusteth.
God provides for him that trusteth.