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Hastiness is the beginning of wrath, and its end repentance.
Hastiness is the beginning of wrath, and its end repentance.
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
Take time: much may be gained by patience.
Take time: much may be gained by patience.
That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle
and the distaffe.
That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle
and the distaffe.
Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
On a good bargaine thinke twice.
On a good bargaine thinke twice.
He plaies well that winnes.
[He plays well that wins.]
He plaies well that winnes.
[He plays well that wins.]
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
Mutually giving and receiving aid,
They set each other off, like light and shade.
Mutually giving and receiving aid,
They set each other off, like light and shade.
