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So--now the danger dared at last,
Look back and smile at perils past!
So--now the danger dared at last,
Look back and smile at perils past!
What's gone, and what's past help,
Should be past grieve.
What's gone, and what's past help,
Should be past grieve.
When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.
When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
A well-bred youth neither speakes of himselfe, nor being spoken
to is silent.
A well-bred youth neither speakes of himselfe, nor being spoken
to is silent.
Men would be angels, angels would be gods.
Men would be angels, angels would be gods.
He thinkes not well, that thinkes not againe.
He thinkes not well, that thinkes not againe.
No one can have all he desires.
No one can have all he desires.
If fooles should not foole it, they shall lose their season.
If fooles should not foole it, they shall lose their season.
