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The life of spies is to know, not bee known.
The life of spies is to know, not bee known.
No love is foule, nor prison fair.
No love is foule, nor prison fair.
Honesty is the best policy.
Honesty is the best policy.
After a bad harvest sow again. [Yield not to difficulties.]
After a bad harvest sow again. [Yield not to difficulties.]
The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
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The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great
As when a giant dies.
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.
We always strive for that which is forbidden, and desire that
which is denied us.
We always strive for that which is forbidden, and desire that
which is denied us.
Woe to the house where there is no chiding.
Woe to the house where there is no chiding.
