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Do what you should, not what you may.
Do what you should, not what you may.
When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.
When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.
A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.
A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.
In prosperity you may count on many friends; if the sky becomes
overcast you will be alone.
In prosperity you may count on many friends; if the sky becomes
overcast you will be alone.
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
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There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock;
the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man
with a maid.
That is gold which is worth gold.
That is gold which is worth gold.
One woe doth tread upon another's heel,
So fast they follow.
One woe doth tread upon another's heel,
So fast they follow.
Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!
Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!
