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He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
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.
The style is the man.
[Fr., Le style c'est l'homme.]
The style is the man.
[Fr., Le style c'est l'homme.]
O, how this spring of love resembleth
The uncertain glory of an April day,
Which now shows read more
O, how this spring of love resembleth
The uncertain glory of an April day,
Which now shows all the beauty of the sun,
And by and by a cloud takes all away!
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.
Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.
The bird that hath been limed in a bush
With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.
The bird that hath been limed in a bush
With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.
Reckon right, and February hath one and thirty daies.
Reckon right, and February hath one and thirty daies.
A simple maiden in her flower
Is worth a hundred coats of arms.
A simple maiden in her flower
Is worth a hundred coats of arms.
