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Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
Without danger we cannot get beyond danger.
Without danger we cannot get beyond danger.
Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?
Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret
fire.
She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret
fire.
Good service is a great inchantment.
Good service is a great inchantment.
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out
of thy sleep?
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How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out
of thy sleep?
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the
hands to sleep:
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth,
and thy want as an armed man.
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
He, who will not pardon others, must not himself expect pardon.
He, who will not pardon others, must not himself expect pardon.