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We praise old times, but show no curiosity about modern events.
We praise old times, but show no curiosity about modern events.
The little cannot bee great, unlesse he devoure many.
The little cannot bee great, unlesse he devoure many.
Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I
scarcely recognize as our own.
Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I
scarcely recognize as our own.
Praise a hill, but keepe below.
Praise a hill, but keepe below.
What an alteration of honour has
Desperate want made!
What an alteration of honour has
Desperate want made!
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
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Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard.
It seems to me most strange that men should fear,
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come.
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.
It is a pleasant thing to be pointed at with the finger, and to
hear it said, "That is read more
It is a pleasant thing to be pointed at with the finger, and to
hear it said, "That is he."
A jade eates as much as a good horse.
A jade eates as much as a good horse.
