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The sense of death is most in apprehension.
The sense of death is most in apprehension.
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.
In a retreat the lame are formost.
In a retreat the lame are formost.
Without businesse debauchery.
Without businesse debauchery.
Better to be blinde, then to see ill.
Better to be blinde, then to see ill.
With swimming looks of speechless tenderness.
With swimming looks of speechless tenderness.
Citties are taken by the eares.
Citties are taken by the eares.
The sweat of industry would dry and die,
But for the end it works to.
The sweat of industry would dry and die,
But for the end it works to.
Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]
Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]