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Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire;
Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow
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Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire;
Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow
Of bragging horror.
He hath great neede of a foole, that plaies the foole himselfe.
He hath great neede of a foole, that plaies the foole himselfe.
Fooles give to please all but their owne.
Fooles give to please all but their owne.
Happy the man who, removed from all cares of business, after the
manner of his forefathers cultivates with his read more
Happy the man who, removed from all cares of business, after the
manner of his forefathers cultivates with his own team his
paternal acres, freed from all thought of usury.
A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.
A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.
'Tis not the fight that crowns us, but the end.
'Tis not the fight that crowns us, but the end.
Consider not what may do, but what it will become you to do.
Consider not what may do, but what it will become you to do.
Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.
Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.
