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The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the
deede, the French after the deede.
The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the
deede, the French after the deede.
One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
The secret wound still lives within the breast.
[Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]
The secret wound still lives within the breast.
[Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]
Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.
Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.
The net is not spread for the hawk or the kite.
The net is not spread for the hawk or the kite.
Wee know not who lives or dies.
Wee know not who lives or dies.
Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire;
Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow
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Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire;
Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow
Of bragging horror.
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
