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One man restored our fortunes by delay. [By skilfully avoiding
an engagement, Fabius exhausted the resources of the enemy.]
One man restored our fortunes by delay. [By skilfully avoiding
an engagement, Fabius exhausted the resources of the enemy.]
He that hath no hony in his pot, let him have it in his mouth.
He that hath no hony in his pot, let him have it in his mouth.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.
Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you
embrace another.
In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you
embrace another.
So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.
So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.
Ill natures, the more you aske them, the more they stick.
Ill natures, the more you aske them, the more they stick.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth.
