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A Lyons skin is never cheape.
A Lyons skin is never cheape.
Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
That least pleases us which is most urged on us.
That least pleases us which is most urged on us.
No choice amongst stinking fish.
No choice amongst stinking fish.
There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.
There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.
Great trees are good for nothing but shade.
Great trees are good for nothing but shade.
Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]
Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]
Dull not device by coldness and delay.
Dull not device by coldness and delay.
