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A live dog is better than a dead lion.
A live dog is better than a dead lion.
Hope is the poore mans bread.
Hope is the poore mans bread.
In idle wishes fools supinely stay;
Be there a will,--and wisdom finds a way.
In idle wishes fools supinely stay;
Be there a will,--and wisdom finds a way.
Christians have burnt each other, quite persuaded.
That all the Apostles would have done as they did.
Christians have burnt each other, quite persuaded.
That all the Apostles would have done as they did.
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
At lovers' perjuries,
They say Jove laughs.
At lovers' perjuries,
They say Jove laughs.
The evening praises the day, and the morning a frost.
The evening praises the day, and the morning a frost.
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
