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By hesitation the opportunity is often lost.
By hesitation the opportunity is often lost.
Your knowing a thing is nothing, unless another knows you know
it.
Your knowing a thing is nothing, unless another knows you know
it.
That's the best gowne that goes up and downe the house.
That's the best gowne that goes up and downe the house.
The anger of those in authority is always weighty.
The anger of those in authority is always weighty.
The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the
wind, and the higher the tower read more
The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the
wind, and the higher the tower the greater the fall thereof.
The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]
The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
The sweat of industry would dry and die,
But for the end it works to.
The sweat of industry would dry and die,
But for the end it works to.