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Hee stands not surely, that never slips.
Hee stands not surely, that never slips.
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.
War should neither be feared nor provoked.
War should neither be feared nor provoked.
Consider not what may do, but what it will become you to do.
Consider not what may do, but what it will become you to do.
Yeeres know more then bookes.
Yeeres know more then bookes.
Speake fitly, or be silent wisely.
Speake fitly, or be silent wisely.
As many servants so many enemies.
As many servants so many enemies.
Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
Though they don't want to kill anybody, they like to have the
power to do so.
Though they don't want to kill anybody, they like to have the
power to do so.