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The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means read more
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means of attack, the other as a means
of defence.
A hatt is not made for one shower.
A hatt is not made for one shower.
Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public.
Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public.
Slight are the outward signs of evil thought.
Slight are the outward signs of evil thought.
Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
God strikes not with both hands, for to the sea he made heavens,
and to rivers foords.
God strikes not with both hands, for to the sea he made heavens,
and to rivers foords.
From his silence a man's consent is inferred.
From his silence a man's consent is inferred.
Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest.
Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest.
