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Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in
joke.
It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in
joke.
That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.
That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth.
Drought never brought dearth.
Drought never brought dearth.
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]
Nothing is so difficult but that man will accomplish it.
Nothing is so difficult but that man will accomplish it.
He that passeth a winters day escapes an enemy.
He that passeth a winters day escapes an enemy.
