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We live by reposing trust in each other.
We live by reposing trust in each other.
If you must flie, flie well.
If you must flie, flie well.
A little and good fills the trencher.
A little and good fills the trencher.
A soldier when aged is not appreciated; the love of an old man
sickens.
A soldier when aged is not appreciated; the love of an old man
sickens.
From the disease of one the whole flock perishes.
From the disease of one the whole flock perishes.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.
Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.
The end crowns all,
And that old common arbitrator, Time,
Will one day end it.
The end crowns all,
And that old common arbitrator, Time,
Will one day end it.
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a read more
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a harder task to prove--
By firm resolve to conquer love!
