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Savage bears agree with one another.
Savage bears agree with one another.
I'll have a fling.
I'll have a fling.
Wo be to him that reads but one book.
Wo be to him that reads but one book.
The covetous are always in want.
The covetous are always in want.
He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.
He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.
Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
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.
He who preserves a man's life against his will does the same
thing as if he slew him.
He who preserves a man's life against his will does the same
thing as if he slew him.
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera read more
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera panem ostentat.]
