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A fair face may make a foul bargain.
A fair face may make a foul bargain.
When you have set yourself a task finish it.
When you have set yourself a task finish it.
At the games end we shall see who gaines.
At the games end we shall see who gaines.
Strength without judgment falls by its own weight.
Strength without judgment falls by its own weight.
The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
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The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
Are but gigantic flights of stairs.
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
No endeavour is in vain;
Its reward is in the doing.
No endeavour is in vain;
Its reward is in the doing.
A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
Strong of his hands, and strong on his legs, but still of his
tongue.
Strong of his hands, and strong on his legs, but still of his
tongue.
