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When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer,
strike your fill.
When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer,
strike your fill.
A soldier when aged is not appreciated; the love of an old man
sickens.
A soldier when aged is not appreciated; the love of an old man
sickens.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
Good workemen are seldome rich.
Good workemen are seldome rich.
He that is not in the warres is not out of danger.
He that is not in the warres is not out of danger.
Who hath none to still him, may weepe out his eyes.
Who hath none to still him, may weepe out his eyes.
If you are only an underling, don't dress too fine.
If you are only an underling, don't dress too fine.
Fight thou with shafts of silver, and o'ercome
When no force else can get the masterdom.
Fight thou with shafts of silver, and o'ercome
When no force else can get the masterdom.
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
