Better is one Accipe, then twice to say, Dabo tibi.

Better is one Accipe, then twice to say, Dabo tibi.

He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he
might take the current sideways.

He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he
might take the current sideways.

He that is at ease seekes dainties.

He that is at ease seekes dainties.

In prosperity you may count on many friends; if the sky becomes
overcast you will be alone.

In prosperity you may count on many friends; if the sky becomes
overcast you will be alone.

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
And some condemned for a fault alone.

Of joys departed
Not to return, how painful the remembrance.

Of joys departed
Not to return, how painful the remembrance.

Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.

Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.

Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
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Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard.
It seems to me most strange that men should fear,
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come.

Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.

Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.