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Don't shit on your own doorstep.
Don't shit on your own doorstep.
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
Assaile who will, the valiant attends.
Assaile who will, the valiant attends.
A wise man does nothing by constraint.
A wise man does nothing by constraint.
Great things rush to the destruction of each other.
Great things rush to the destruction of each other.
One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a
hundred sons one father.
One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a
hundred sons one father.
When we have what we like 'tis hard to miss it.
When we have what we like 'tis hard to miss it.
The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.
The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, read more
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, exclaims, "Thou wast my
only one!"
