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Every accusation against a fallen man gains credence.
Every accusation against a fallen man gains credence.
Nothing pleases which is not freshened by variety.
Nothing pleases which is not freshened by variety.
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.
A fault is fostered by concealment.
A fault is fostered by concealment.
To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]
I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]
No one can keep a mask on long.
No one can keep a mask on long.
You may bring a horse to the river, but he will drinke when and
what he pleaseth.
You may bring a horse to the river, but he will drinke when and
what he pleaseth.
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.
