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He will be the last to discover the disgrace of his house.
He will be the last to discover the disgrace of his house.
Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your read more
Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your depth.]
Let the worst come to the worst.
Let the worst come to the worst.
Good habits result from resisting temptation.
Good habits result from resisting temptation.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
In the end truth will out.
In the end truth will out.
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.
His resolution is unshaken; tears, though shed, avail not.
His resolution is unshaken; tears, though shed, avail not.
