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The sense of death is most in apprehension.
The sense of death is most in apprehension.
He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in
seeking succour meets with ruin.
He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in
seeking succour meets with ruin.
Let the worst come to the worst.
Let the worst come to the worst.
Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
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Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
She either gives a stomach and no food--
Such are the poor, in health--or else a feast
And takes away the stomach-- such are the rich,
That have abundance, and enjoy it not.
Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.
A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.
Whose wit in the combat as gentle as bright
Ne'er carried a heartstain away on its blade.
Whose wit in the combat as gentle as bright
Ne'er carried a heartstain away on its blade.
He who spares the wicked injures the good.
He who spares the wicked injures the good.
