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A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.
A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.
He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.
He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.
Live for today for tomorrow never comes.
Live for today for tomorrow never comes.
In every countrey the sun rises in the morning.
[In every country the sun rises in the morning.]
In every countrey the sun rises in the morning.
[In every country the sun rises in the morning.]
He who sings the praises of his boyhood's days.
He who sings the praises of his boyhood's days.
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.
Thou wear a lion's hide! doff it for shame,
And hang a calf's skin on those recreant limbs.
Thou wear a lion's hide! doff it for shame,
And hang a calf's skin on those recreant limbs.
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
Seeming genial, venial fault.
Seeming genial, venial fault.
