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The maxims of men reveal their characters.
[Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.]
The maxims of men reveal their characters.
[Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.]
Yield not to calamity, but face her boldly.
Yield not to calamity, but face her boldly.
Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.
Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.
He that is fallen cannot helpe him that is downe.
He that is fallen cannot helpe him that is downe.
It's a poore sport that's not worth the candle.
[It is a poor sport that is not worth the read more
It's a poore sport that's not worth the candle.
[It is a poor sport that is not worth the candle.]
Leave jesting whiles it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest.
Leave jesting whiles it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest.
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.
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.
