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If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
So enjoy the pleasures of the hour as not to spoil those that are
to follow.
So enjoy the pleasures of the hour as not to spoil those that are
to follow.
Favours out of place I regard as positive injuries.
Favours out of place I regard as positive injuries.
Two heads are better than one.
Two heads are better than one.
What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.
What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
He who meditates a crime secretly within himself has all the
guilt of the act.
He who meditates a crime secretly within himself has all the
guilt of the act.
He that hopes not for good, feares not evill.
He that hopes not for good, feares not evill.
