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Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
He that passeth a winters day escapes an enemy.
He that passeth a winters day escapes an enemy.
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.
He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.
The present century was growing blind
To the great Marlborough's skill in giving knocks,
Until his late read more
The present century was growing blind
To the great Marlborough's skill in giving knocks,
Until his late life by Archdeacon Coxe.
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
Success gives the character of honesty to some classes of
wickedness.
Success gives the character of honesty to some classes of
wickedness.
Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner.
