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What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, read more
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, exclaims, "Thou wast my
only one!"
Souldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer.
Souldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer.
The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they
fall.
The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they
fall.
He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.
He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.
The Philosophy of Princes is to dive into the Secrets of men,
leaving the secrets of nature to those read more
The Philosophy of Princes is to dive into the Secrets of men,
leaving the secrets of nature to those that have spare time.
Divine ashes are better then earthly meale.
Divine ashes are better then earthly meale.
Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just,
And he but naked, though locked up in steel,
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Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just,
And he but naked, though locked up in steel,
Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted.
