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When in good health we easily give good advice to the sick.
When in good health we easily give good advice to the sick.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]
Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]
Whither art thou rushing to destruction?
Whither art thou rushing to destruction?
An undertaking beset with danger.
An undertaking beset with danger.
The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.
The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.
That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he read more
He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he stronger, then spare
yourself.