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Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.
Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
They that are booted are not alwaies ready.
They that are booted are not alwaies ready.
Nothing is more obnoxious than a low person raised to a high
position.
Nothing is more obnoxious than a low person raised to a high
position.
The remedy is worse than the disease.
The remedy is worse than the disease.
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
Who hath no hast in his businesse, mountaines to him seeme
valleys.
Who hath no hast in his businesse, mountaines to him seeme
valleys.
Men shut their doors against the setting sun.
Men shut their doors against the setting sun.
Even to smile at the misfortunes of others is to do an injury.
Even to smile at the misfortunes of others is to do an injury.
