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The pen is mightier than the sword.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
One sound blow will serve to undo us all.
One sound blow will serve to undo us all.
Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.
Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.
Time stoops to no man's lure.
Time stoops to no man's lure.
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that read more
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that man is a scoundrel.
Good words are worth much, and cost little.
Good words are worth much, and cost little.
He is a fool who thinks by force or skill,
To turn the current of a woman's will.
He is a fool who thinks by force or skill,
To turn the current of a woman's will.
Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle.
Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle.