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Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
Our rash faults
Make trivial price of serious thing we have,
Not knowing them until we know read more
Our rash faults
Make trivial price of serious thing we have,
Not knowing them until we know their grave.
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.
Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.
Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.
Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.
Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.
They talke of Christmas so long, that it comes.
They talke of Christmas so long, that it comes.
He confesses his guilt who flies from his trial.
He confesses his guilt who flies from his trial.
Hee that makes a good warre makes a good peace.
Hee that makes a good warre makes a good peace.
