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Hee that gives thee a bone, would not have thee die.
Hee that gives thee a bone, would not have thee die.
Spies are the ears and eyes of Princes.
Spies are the ears and eyes of Princes.
We hate the hawk because he ever lives in battle.
We hate the hawk because he ever lives in battle.
Without favour none will know you, and with it you will not know
your selfe.
Without favour none will know you, and with it you will not know
your selfe.
Feare keepes the garden better then the gardiner.
Feare keepes the garden better then the gardiner.
Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.
Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.
There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.
There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
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.
