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To climb steep hills
Requires slow pace at first.
To climb steep hills
Requires slow pace at first.
It is difficult to fly without wings.
It is difficult to fly without wings.
The whole family is packed into one trap.
The whole family is packed into one trap.
Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.
Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.
Virtue is increased by the smile of approval; and the love of
renown is the greatest incentive to honourable read more
Virtue is increased by the smile of approval; and the love of
renown is the greatest incentive to honourable acts.
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.
Facts are stubborn things.
Facts are stubborn things.
Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.
Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.
The foole askes much, but hee is more foole that grants it.
The foole askes much, but hee is more foole that grants it.
