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A living dog is better than a dead lion.
A living dog is better than a dead lion.
Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.
Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.
Not even the gods can withstand necessity.
Not even the gods can withstand necessity.
When prayers are done, my Lady is ready.
When prayers are done, my Lady is ready.
He who leaves a fault unpunished invites crime.
He who leaves a fault unpunished invites crime.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
The cautious wolf fears the pit, the hawk regards with suspicion
the snare laid for her, and the fish read more
The cautious wolf fears the pit, the hawk regards with suspicion
the snare laid for her, and the fish the hook in its concealment.
Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than
those who turn beggars.
Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than
those who turn beggars.
