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To a brave man every soil is his country.
To a brave man every soil is his country.
Helpe thy selfe, and God will helpe thee.
Helpe thy selfe, and God will helpe thee.
In time comes he whom God sends.
In time comes he whom God sends.
Talke much and erre much, saies the Spanyard.
Talke much and erre much, saies the Spanyard.
Endure the present, and watch for better things.
Endure the present, and watch for better things.
Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]
Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]
He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that read more
He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that licks his knife.]
There is no law more just, than that he, who plots death, should
perish by his own craft.
There is no law more just, than that he, who plots death, should
perish by his own craft.
Nor has he lived in vain, who from his cradle to his grave has
passed his life in seclusion.
Nor has he lived in vain, who from his cradle to his grave has
passed his life in seclusion.
