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A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.
A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.
He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
He who sins when drunk will have to atone for it when sober.
He who sins when drunk will have to atone for it when sober.
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
Fortune may rob us of our wealth, not of our courage.
Fortune may rob us of our wealth, not of our courage.
All men do not admire and delight in the same objects.
All men do not admire and delight in the same objects.
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
To a brave man every soil is his country.
To a brave man every soil is his country.
Let him who has granted a favour speak not of it; let him who has
received one, proclaim it.
Let him who has granted a favour speak not of it; let him who has
received one, proclaim it.
