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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.
The first dish pleaseth all.
The first dish pleaseth all.
Nothing is more audacious than these women when detected; they
assume anger, and take courage from the very crime read more
Nothing is more audacious than these women when detected; they
assume anger, and take courage from the very crime itself.
You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
With but a plank between them and their fate.
With but a plank between them and their fate.
He that is master of himself will soon be master of others.
He that is master of himself will soon be master of others.
Let the cobbler stick to his last.
Let the cobbler stick to his last.
A stone in a well is not lost.
A stone in a well is not lost.
In time comes he whom God sends.
In time comes he whom God sends.
