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He that will take the bird, must not skare it.
He that will take the bird, must not skare it.
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.
Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.
Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.
The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden.
The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden.
Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]
Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]
These things by reason of our friendship I have not hesitated glo
to communicate.
These things by reason of our friendship I have not hesitated glo
to communicate.
Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.
Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.
