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Robin Hood could brave all weathers but a thaw wind.
Robin Hood could brave all weathers but a thaw wind.
Frugality is one thing, avarice another.
Frugality is one thing, avarice another.
Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.
Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.
He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.
Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.
Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can
be successful without being envied read more
It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can
be successful without being envied and hated.]
Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
A true friend is tested in adversity.
A true friend is tested in adversity.
