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It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.
It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.
Simple is the language of truth.
Simple is the language of truth.
The mind ill at ease, the body suffers also.
The mind ill at ease, the body suffers also.
He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.
He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.
A wise man does nothing by constraint.
A wise man does nothing by constraint.
Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.
Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
The cholerick man never wants woe.
The cholerick man never wants woe.
