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Evening words are not like to morning.
Evening words are not like to morning.
A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.
A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.
The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.
The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.
Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.
Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.
Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long and wise experience.
Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long and wise experience.
Hanging and wiving go by destiny.
Hanging and wiving go by destiny.
The pain
Remembrance gives, when the fix'd dart
Is stirred thus in the wound again.
The pain
Remembrance gives, when the fix'd dart
Is stirred thus in the wound again.
Think, ye may buy the joys o'er dear,
Remember Tam o'Shanter's mare.
Think, ye may buy the joys o'er dear,
Remember Tam o'Shanter's mare.
