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It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided.
It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
'Tis dangerous to take a cold, to sleep, to drink; but I tell you,
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'Tis dangerous to take a cold, to sleep, to drink; but I tell you,
my lord fool, out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower,
safety.
My sun has not yet set for ever.
My sun has not yet set for ever.
It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can
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It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can
be successful without being envied and hated.]
How to conduct yourself properly before your superiors.
How to conduct yourself properly before your superiors.
It is well not to lend too easy an ear to accusations.
It is well not to lend too easy an ear to accusations.
He that is warme, thinkes all so.
He that is warme, thinkes all so.
All things require skill, but an appetite.
All things require skill, but an appetite.