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The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means read more
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means of attack, the other as a means
of defence.
You stick in the same mire.
You stick in the same mire.
Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.
Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.
You tell a tale to a dead man.
You tell a tale to a dead man.
Man is to man a god or a wolf.
Man is to man a god or a wolf.
That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.
That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
Have the courage to do something which deserves transportation if
you want to be somebody.
Have the courage to do something which deserves transportation if
you want to be somebody.
