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Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.
Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.
Where there is no honour, there is no griefe.
Where there is no honour, there is no griefe.
Sharp is the kiss of the falcon's beak.
Sharp is the kiss of the falcon's beak.
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
The masters eye fattens the horse, and his foote the ground.
The masters eye fattens the horse, and his foote the ground.
Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
