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Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.
He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.
In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will
reap the advantage of it.
In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will
reap the advantage of it.
It is sheer folly to tear the hair in grief as if sorrow could be
cured by baldness.
It is sheer folly to tear the hair in grief as if sorrow could be
cured by baldness.
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
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One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
To murder thousands takes a specious name,
War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame.
Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
We hate the hawk because he ever lives in battle.
We hate the hawk because he ever lives in battle.
In the house of a Fidler, all fiddle.
In the house of a Fidler, all fiddle.
