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An injury may prove a blessing.
An injury may prove a blessing.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
But few prize honour more than money.
But few prize honour more than money.
Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.
Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.
Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
He quits his place well, that leaves his friend there.
He quits his place well, that leaves his friend there.
Stolen kisses are always sweeter.
Stolen kisses are always sweeter.
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls
of the air, and they shall read more
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls
of the air, and they shall tell thee:
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes
of the sea shall declare unto thee.
