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Labour as long liu'd, pray as even dying.
Labour as long liu'd, pray as even dying.
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.
He who is not in readiness to-day, will be less prepared
to-morrow.
He who is not in readiness to-day, will be less prepared
to-morrow.
Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.
Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.
The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes
nothing to him but a little mony.
The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes
nothing to him but a little mony.
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.
Hee that strikes with his tongue, must ward with his head.
Hee that strikes with his tongue, must ward with his head.
It is proper that every man should measure himself by his own
proportion and standard.
It is proper that every man should measure himself by his own
proportion and standard.
An undertaking beset with danger.
An undertaking beset with danger.
