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Men shut their doors against the setting sun.
Men shut their doors against the setting sun.
The great put the little on the hooke.
The great put the little on the hooke.
I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.
I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.
Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.
Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.
A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.
A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.
Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.
Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.
To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.
To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.
Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your read more
Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your depth.]