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Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire;
Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow
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Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire;
Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow
Of bragging horror.
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day
may bring forth.
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day
may bring forth.
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
I sit within a helmless bark.
I sit within a helmless bark.
Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you
occupied.
Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you
occupied.
He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his
love of possessing wealth.
He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his
love of possessing wealth.
Every thing is of use to a houskeeper.
Every thing is of use to a houskeeper.
He who repents of his fault is almost guiltless.
He who repents of his fault is almost guiltless.
