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By hesitation the opportunity is often lost.
By hesitation the opportunity is often lost.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
The House shewes the owner.
The House shewes the owner.
Every man makes a god of his own desire.
Every man makes a god of his own desire.
An Oxe is taken by the horns, and a Man by the tongue.
An Oxe is taken by the horns, and a Man by the tongue.
(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.
(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.
