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It's good walking with a horse in ones hand.
It's good walking with a horse in ones hand.
Hee commands enough that obeyes a wise man.
Hee commands enough that obeyes a wise man.
His anger is easily excited and appeased, and he changes from
hour to hour.
His anger is easily excited and appeased, and he changes from
hour to hour.
Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer.
Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer.
It is difficult to whistle and drink at the same time.
It is difficult to whistle and drink at the same time.
The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of
self-control.
The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of
self-control.
Ther's no great banquet but some fares ill.
Ther's no great banquet but some fares ill.
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.
No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his
duty to avoid.
No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his
duty to avoid.
