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Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.
Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.
Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.
Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.
Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
If a good man thrive, all thrive with him.
If a good man thrive, all thrive with him.
Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than
those who turn beggars.
Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than
those who turn beggars.
Say no ill of the yeere, till it be past.
Say no ill of the yeere, till it be past.
A master of straw eates a servant of steele.
A master of straw eates a servant of steele.
To a boyling pot flies comes not.
[To a boiling pot flies come not.]
To a boyling pot flies comes not.
[To a boiling pot flies come not.]
The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of
self-control.
The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of
self-control.
