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Men's language is as their lives.
Men's language is as their lives.
Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth
not.
Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth
not.
Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.
Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.
In the morning mountaines, in the evening fountaines.
In the morning mountaines, in the evening fountaines.
This is no time for staring about.
This is no time for staring about.
To a good spender God is the Treasurer.
To a good spender God is the Treasurer.
He hath great neede of a foole, that plaies the foole himselfe.
He hath great neede of a foole, that plaies the foole himselfe.
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
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.
