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Honour without profit is a ring on the finger.
Honour without profit is a ring on the finger.
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
Seek not to inquire what the morrow will bring with it.
Seek not to inquire what the morrow will bring with it.
Revenge is sweeter than life itself.
Revenge is sweeter than life itself.
Of all smells, bread: of all tasts, salt.
Of all smells, bread: of all tasts, salt.
From his silence a man's consent is inferred.
From his silence a man's consent is inferred.
Ships feare fire more then water.
Ships feare fire more then water.
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be
thirsty, give him water to read more
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be
thirsty, give him water to drink.
For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord
shall reward thee.
Robin Hood could brave all weathers but a thaw wind.
Robin Hood could brave all weathers but a thaw wind.
