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For violent fires soon burn out themselves.
For violent fires soon burn out themselves.
A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors.
A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors.
Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
In trying to be concise I become obscure.
In trying to be concise I become obscure.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
'Tis not the fight that crowns us, but the end.
'Tis not the fight that crowns us, but the end.
Believe Robert who has tried it.
[Lat., Experto crede Roberto.]
Believe Robert who has tried it.
[Lat., Experto crede Roberto.]
Who hath a Wolfe for his mate, needes a Dog for his man.
Who hath a Wolfe for his mate, needes a Dog for his man.
He has carried every point, who has combined that which is useful
with that which is agreeable.
He has carried every point, who has combined that which is useful
with that which is agreeable.
